Obama and Ireland

[Lifeafter70]

This was a stop on our way to the cliffs. It was amazing.
Ireland was on my bucket list.
Chicago is now on that list. Hopefully I will be able to visit next year.


https://www.binnews.com/content/2021-03-16-how-a-tiny-irish-town-became-a-local-shrine-to-barack-obama/

[chowder66]

1. Nice little video companion here.

[Lifeafter70]

2. Thank you

I enjoyed that bit of history.

[chowder66]

3. Thank you for posting your OP!

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[Lifeafter70]

4. It was a magical trip

It only rained two days of the two weeks we were there. In October lol. We got to watch and celebrate Ireland's soccer win against Garbraltar in a local pub (October 2023)

[chowder66]

5. That sounds like a lot of fun! I've never been to Ireland but hope to make it there one day.

[a kennedy]

6. We went to Ireland a month and a half after 9-11.......dang near every Irish person just came up

to us and hugged us. Some talked of their family who worked in NYC that had died. It was soooooooo sad, yet so comforting. We loved Ireland. i’m all Irish. ☘️ 🥰 ☘️

[Lifeafter70]

7. My family is from Mayo

They emigrated to England during the famine. Worked in the coal mines. My great grandfather was born in England and emigrated to the states when he was a young man.

[a kennedy]

8. ☘️ 🍀 ♥️ ☘️ 🍀 ♥️

[Lifeafter70]

9. I'm a Mcgarry

Or if you prefer Gaelic "Mag Fhearadhaign"