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Irish ancestral village hoping for president's re-election
Limerick :: Ireland | 7 months ago
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Stories For many residents of Moneygall, the Irish ancestral home of Barack Obama, they are not just hoping he is re-elected they are relying on it. On May 23 last year, the US president and his wife Michelle spent a few hours in the village during a
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Which Post 50s Celebrities Have Irish Roots?
Dublin :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Have you ever wondered which of your favorite celebrities have a wee bit (or even a whole lot) of Irish in them? Actors Liam Neeson and Kenneth Branagh are not the only post 50s celebrities born in the Emerald Isle. We found quite a few -- as well as
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Megan Smolenyak: St. Patrick's Day In the White House Will Be a Family Reunion
Dublin :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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02 am Read more Ten months ago, President Obama visited Moneygall, the town his Irish ancestors once called home, to raise a pint in the local pub. This year, President Obama is returning the hospitality of publican Ollie Hayes by inviting him to a
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Obama effect fails to lift Irish Guinness sales
Dublin :: Ireland | over 1 year ago
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President Obama drinks a Guinness at Ollie Hayes's pub in Moneygall, Ireland, during his visit in May. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP Pictures of President Obama downing a pint of the black stuff in front of the world's cameras have failed to
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'The rattler' a true gift to hurling
Dublin :: Ireland | almost 2 years ago
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Monday May 30 2011 Now that Prince Philip and President Obama have, presumably, taken to practising with those nice hurleys the nation gave them, how about a follow-up gift? Hurling is now, officially, the ultimate symbol of our nationality and in
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Obama connects with Irish roots
Moneygall :: Ireland | almost 2 years ago
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Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama paid a joyful visit Monday to the small Irish village where his great-great-great grandfather once lived and worked as a shoemaker, an improbable and memorable pilgrimage for America's first black president into
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Obama in Ireland to discover his Irish roots
Dublin :: Ireland | almost 2 years ago
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President Barack Obama opened a six-day European tour Monday in Ireland, where he planned to celebrate his own Irish roots and give a boost to a nation grappling with the fallout from its financial collapse. After an overnight
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Air Force One Touches Down on the Emerald Isle
Dublin :: Ireland | almost 2 years ago
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama step off Air Force One as they arrive in Dublin, Ireland. President Barack Obama opens a six-day European tour with a quick dash through Ireland, where he will celebrate his own Irish roots and
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Obamamania is Ireland's chance to get new EU deal
Dublin :: Ireland | almost 2 years ago
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He will brief Obama on Ireland's financial crisis in Dublin today as part of a campaign to put international pressure on the EU to drop its hostility towards the notion of a renegotiated deal. The talks come just days after the IMF's latest report on
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Farewell for a fortnight - so please sing along while I'm away...
Dublin :: Ireland | almost 2 years ago
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Please note that this blog is not subject to a superinjunction. I leave you with my friends, the Corrigan Brothers , the band that put the O' in O'Bama, singing their international hit, There's no-one as Irish as Barack Obama . This version was
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