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Talk about finding your roots: "The president's great, great, great grandfather on his mother's side, Fulmuth Kearney, was brought up in Moneygall, Co Offally. A shoe-maker, he left for New York at the age of 18 in 1850 when his homeland was battling the potato famine." Quick question on the potato famine. Did all the potatoes really starve to death?  EDIT: Maybe he'll lay a bag of spuds at the tomb of the unknown fritter  |
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