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'It's not a lot of villages that can say that a President walked up their street'

It has been 10 years since former President Barack Obama visited his ancestral home in Moneygall,...

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15.25 24 May 2021


'It's not a lot of villages that can say that a President walked up their street'


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15.25 24 May 2021


It has been 10 years since former President Barack Obama visited his ancestral home in Moneygall, Co. Offaly. Andrea looks back at the visit chatting to Henry Healy, Obama's 8th cousin, and Ollie Hayes, the publican who served Obama et al pints of the black stuff at the historic occasion. 

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