page_title: There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama
section_title: Production and themes
hierarchical_section_title: There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama / Production and themes
caption_attribution_description: Moneygall on the N7; County Offaly, Ireland
context_page_description: "There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama" is a humorous folk song written in 2008 by the Irish band Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys, and set to a tune derived from a traditional air. The song celebrates the Irish ancestry of the former President of the United States, Barack Obama. The song was a minor hit in the Irish Charts, peaking at Number 24 in November 2008.
context_section_description: Obama's roots have been traced back to Moneygall in County Offaly, Ireland in the 19th century. Moneygall has a population of 298 people. Obama had previously remarked, "There's a little village in Ireland where my great-great-great grandfather came from and I'm looking forward to going there and having a pint," prompting the Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen - also a native of County Offaly - to invite him to do so.
   
  Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys consists of brothers Ger, Brian and Donnacha Corrigan from Castletroy, County Limerick. The song was performed by the band's lead singer Ger Corrigan, with Aedhmar Flaherty, Róisín O'Brien and Aodhán Ryan, in Ollie Hayes's pub in Moneygall. It was originally written by the established group in February 2008, and the group have since appeared on several Irish television and radio shows. It has since been featured on MSNBC show Hardball with Chris Matthews.
  The song, which received huge publicity in America and was described as a "web hit" by the BBC, became popular after being released on YouTube, and as of 6 November 2008 it had over 50,000 hits, (80,000 by 10 November, 300,000 by 15 November, whilst Black's version had 700,000) and the band reported that they had been invited to perform in the anticipated victory celebrations for Obama, and at the Irish-American Democrats inauguration party in Washington in January 2009.
caption: The village of Moneygall (population 298) from which one of Obama's great-great-great grandfathers came
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