Republic of Ireland the population is mainly Irish. Northern Ireland, its completely different. The population you have Irish, Scottish- Irish, English-Irish . Northern Ireland the Irish are Catholic. The Scottish-Irish would be Protestants and Presbyterians
Its estimated around 50 per cent of America presidents had Irish ancestry. It also estimated about 40 million to 50 million people living today in America, have ancestors who came from Ireland. Some of you here might not be aware you have Irish ancestry?
America Presidents we know for sure who had Irish ancestry.
1 Andrew Jackson, 7th President 1829-37
2 William Henry Harrison, 9th President 1841
3 James Knox Polk, 11th President 1845-49
4 James Buchanan, 15th President 1857-61
5 Abraham Lincoln, 16th President 1861-65
6 Ulysses S Grant, 18th President 1869-77
7 Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President 1881-85
8 Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President 1885-89, 1893-97
9 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President 1889-93
10 William McKinley, 25th President 1897-1901
11 Woodrow Wilson, 28th President 1913-21
12 John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President 1961-63
13 Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President 1963-69
14 Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President 1969-74
15 James Earl Carter, 39th President 1977-81
16 Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President 1981-89
17 George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President 1989-93
18 William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President 1993-2001
19 George Walker Bush, 43rd President 2001-09
20 Barack Hussein Obama, 44th President 2009-
George Bush ancestors for example. Were Scot-Irish. Obama his great Grandfather came from Offaly. He was Irish. Same with Kennedy. His father was Irish. Reagan ancestors came from Ireland, they were Scot-Irish.