President Biden, who has the strongest Irish family roots of any American president since John F. Kennedy, was welcomed in Ireland this week as the ultimate local boy made good
ByDUBLIN—President Biden often turns to Irish poets to convey his deepest emotions. In Ireland this week as he reflected on the visit, he spoke more plainly: “It feels wonderful. Feels like I’m coming home.”
The sentiment was mutual. Mr. Biden has the strongest Irish family roots of any American president since John F. Kennedy, and he was welcomed as the ultimate local boy made good. Crowds lined the streets in County Louth—where he traces one branch of his ancestors—and in Dublin. Distant cousins cheered him in a pub. At one stop, a pipe band played an original song called “A Biden Return.” The widow of a favorite poet attended his address to Parliament.
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