After stops in Northern Ireland, County Louth and Dublin, the president flew west to County Mayo on Friday, where his great-great-grandfather Patrick Blewitt lived until he left for the United States in 1850.
Roughly 27,000 people gathered at the foot of St. Muredach’s Cathedral, constructed in part with bricks made by Biden’s great-great-great grandfather. Biden drew a crowd that was more than double the size of the town’s population — some drove from hours away and waited nearly all day in the rain and cold for a chance to see him, calling out for “the Joe show” to begin.
“This is just a fantastic occasion for us all, for an American president to be here in Ballina,” said Howard Tracy, 52, who waited with his 13-year-old son Adam nearly all day. “From the fairest land, except my own,” Biden read. “Neath sun, star, and moon, the citadel of liberty, my mother’s land, aroon.”
“With the exception of the pope, the American president is usually the most coveted global figure,” Brinkley said.
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