Obama returns to Irish roots
Cold Guinness and warm welcome for US president on visit to ancestor’s home.
Published On 24 May 2011
Barack Obama, the US president, and his wife Michelle, experienced a warm welcome in Ireland – where some of Obama’s distant ancestors lived.
As well as meeting the Irish prime minister, Obama made a visit to the small town of Moneygall where the president’s great, great grandfather lived.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from the Irish capital, Dublin.
Source: Al Jazeera