President visits ancestral home in Ireland -- Washington Post

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May 23 posted story at Washington POST Politics story

The president will spend an hour in the Irish town of Moneygall, where it is believed his great-great-great grandfather grew up. The town has excitedly anticipated his arrival, with people waiting hours in line for tickets to Obama’s speech there. The local newspaper, the Ofally Independent, put out a special edition Friday in which the paper dubbed itself “The Obama Independent.” (Moneygall is in a county called Ofally.)

“This is a homecoming of sorts for President Obama. He’s very excited to see this small town in Ireland from which he has roots, and we’re very much looking forward to seeing some of the people of Moneygall and making a stop there,” said Ben Rhodes, one of Obama’s top national security aides.
Obama, who arrived in Ireland Monday at 9:29 a.m. local time (4:29 a.m. in Washington) will also give a public speech in Dublin, highlighting relations between Ireland and the United States.
Ireland is the first stop in a six-day trip for Obama, who will also visit Great Britain, France and Poland. But much of the rest, from a speech to the British Parliament in London to a dinner with a group of heads of states from several Central and Eastern European countries in Poland, is expected to be more sober than his day in Ireland.