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Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama talks with pub-…
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama talks with pub-goers as First Lady Michelle Obama draws a pint at Ollie Hayes pub in Moneygall, Ireland, May 23, 2011. (P052311PS-1249)
Visit to Ireland 20112011

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to Ireland on May 23, 2011. The goal of the visit was to strengthen US-Ireland relations, while celebrating President Obama’s Irish ancestry. President Obama and the First Lady arrived in Dublin, where they were greeted by President Mary McAleese of Ireland and her husband, Martin McAleese, at the Presidential Palace. They then traveled to Farmleigh, the Taoiseach's residence, where the Obamas met with Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland and his wife, Fionnuala Kenny. President Obama and the First Lady then traveled to Moneygall, the ancestral home of President Obama, where they met with a distant cousin.

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Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Black and White Lace Dress
FL2013.8.a
Peter Som
2011
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Black is the Earth
FO.06242011-10-3
Adele O'Dwyer
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Ceremonial Hurling Stick
FO.06282011-85-1
2011
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Church of Ireland at Templeharry, near Moneygall, Co. Offaly, Ireland
FO.06242011-10-7
Tony Gaffney
May 2011
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Commemorative Proclamation
FO.08012011-18-1
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Fisherman's Cardigan Sweater
FO.06282011-83-1
John Molloy Woollen Mills
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Flag of County Offaly
FO.06242011-10-6
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High Cross at Durrow Model
FO.06242011-10-5
April 2011
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Jeweled Belt
FL2013.8.b
Shourouk
2011
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Living Under the Thatch
FO.06242011-10-1
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Mustard Yellow Overcoat
DO.07052011-49-1.b
Tyrrell & Brennan
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Offaly History and Society
FO.06242011-10-2
William Nolan
1998
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