Moneygall (Irish: Muine Gall, meaning "Grove of the Foreigners") is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, on the N7 route between Dublin and Limerick, on the County Tipperary/Offaly border. While the village is located in County Offaly, the Gaelic Athletic Association playing field is located in County Tipperary. At the 2006 census, the village had a population of 298. Moneygall has a Roman Catholic church, five shops, a post office, a national school, a Garda Síochána station and two pubs.The nearest Church of Ireland, Church, Borrisnafarney is located 1.5 miles from the village beside the former Loughton Demense.
Falmouth Kearney, the great-great-great grandfather of United States President Barack Obama, emigrated from Moneygall to New York City at the age of 19 in 1850 and eventually resettled in Tipton County, Indiana. Kearney's father had been the village shoemaker, then a wealthy skilled trade. Indeed the whole Kearney family emigrated to Ross County, Ohio in the first half of the 19th century. Falmouth Kearney is the most recent native European direct-line ancestor of U.S. President Obama.
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