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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:17 PM Mar 2019

Happy St. Patrick's Day! -Barack O'Bama

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In 2011, I visited the tiny town of Moneygall and got to walk around in the house where my great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney lived his early life. I'll always be grateful for the warmth and generosity of the Irish people. Happy St. Patrick's Day! -Barack O’Bama

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! -Barack O'Bama (Original Post) Soph0571 Mar 2019 OP

Happy St. Pats Mr. President! Glamrock Mar 2019 #1

He is a distant cousin of mine through his Irish relations. Squinch Mar 2019 #2

Cool 😎 sheshe2 Mar 2019 #4

Gotta add this! Maeve Mar 2019 #3

Excellent! CountAllVotes Mar 2019 #6

Ah, yeh made us both cry... Hekate Mar 2019 #14

If you hadn't posted this, I would have Leith Mar 2019 #18

Though I think they may have been fond of JFK caraher Mar 2019 #19

I bought two shirts from moneygall when Barack was there.... a kennedy Mar 2019 #5

Sweet indeed malaise Mar 2019 #7

I had to do this. 💚 Delmette2.0 Mar 2019 #8

Is Fidir Linn: Obama's Irish Gaelic mia Mar 2019 #9

Seems so very long ago Scarsdale Mar 2019 #10

I miss him so much Botany Mar 2019 #11

You're crying because all of those qualities Boomerproud Mar 2019 #12

I had never seen the video posted on # 9 in this thread Botany Mar 2019 #13

Neither had I and you are right--he nailed it! eom Maeve Mar 2019 #16

You won't find Trump being greeted in any foreign country like that. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #15

I'm Irish! Happy St Paddy's Cha Mar 2019 #17

Now see, THAT's how it's done! Totally Tunsie Mar 2019 #20

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)

1. Happy St. Pats Mr. President!

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:19 PM

Mar 2019

Thanks for this soph!

Squinch

(50,999 posts)

2. He is a distant cousin of mine through his Irish relations.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:34 PM

Mar 2019

sheshe2

(83,879 posts)

4. Cool 😎

Reply to Squinch (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:43 PM

Mar 2019

☘️☘️☘️

Maeve

(42,288 posts)

3. Gotta add this!

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:36 PM

Mar 2019

CountAllVotes

(20,878 posts)

6. Excellent!

Reply to Maeve (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:55 PM

Mar 2019

Sláinte & thank you Maeve!

Have a Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!

Hekate

(90,787 posts)

14. Ah, yeh made us both cry...

Reply to Maeve (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 03:02 PM

Mar 2019

☘❤️☘❤️☘❤️☘❤️☘❤️☘❤️☘

Leith

(7,813 posts)

18. If you hadn't posted this, I would have

Reply to Maeve (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 03:43 PM

Mar 2019

Ireland loved (and loves) Obama. The didn't get this excited over an American president - not even for Reagan.

Good.

caraher

(6,279 posts)

19. Though I think they may have been fond of JFK

Reply to Leith (Reply #18)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 03:48 PM

Mar 2019

“He was like a rainbow coming off a plane,” says Ryan Tubridy, author of JFK in Ireland

Not to take anything away from the Obama lovers in Moneygall. When my small tour stopped there the guide said he often had Americans (clearly Republicans) refuse to set foot in the town... Their loss!

a kennedy

(29,705 posts)

5. I bought two shirts from moneygall when Barack was there....

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:52 PM

Mar 2019

They are one of my most prized possessions.

malaise

(269,157 posts)

7. Sweet indeed

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:58 PM

Mar 2019

Delmette2.0

(4,169 posts)

8. I had to do this. 💚

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 02:08 PM

Mar 2019

mia

(8,361 posts)

9. Is Fidir Linn: Obama's Irish Gaelic

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 02:09 PM

Mar 2019

President Obama has visited his ancestral home in Ireland.

He used some Irish language in his speech in Dublin. Fair play to him!

He said:

Tá áthas orm a bheith in Éirinn.

…which means “I’m happy to be in Ireland“.

...He finished his speech with:

Is féidir linn. Is féidir linn. Yes we can.

https://www.bitesize.irish/blog/obama-irish-gaelic/

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

10. Seems so very long ago

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 02:37 PM

Mar 2019

when we had a REAL president. He was, and still is, a gem. Welcomed everywhere, respected and loved. Even the smallest of children recognize him as a good man.