President Obama greets crowds in Ireland - pics

[Kadie]

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave to well wishers at College Green in Dublin May 23, 2011. Obama sipped a pint of stout and cuddled babies on Monday as a tiny Irish village on Monday welcomed home "a long lost cousin" with an outpouring of affection. Hoisting a glass of Guinness at Ollie Hayes pub as fiddle music played, Obama thus began a four-nation tour of Europe with a celebration of his ancestral roots.






























pics from daylife.com

[sixmile]

1. I'd like to have a beer with the President!

[closeupready]

2. Amazing. Thanks.

:hi: K&R

[truebrit71]

3. Bloody hell that's alot of Paddies!!!

Did they shut all of the pubs??? :evilgrin: *ducks*


On a serious note, that is amazing to behold...wow....

[RandomThoughts]

4. Yea that is what gets me wondering.

Obviously the posting of Irish items has been noticed, yet things have not been corrected. So it must be a thought that it is not about that, or a thought of lack of responsibility to correct what should be correct by those with more beer and travel then they need.

And someone will be sending the beer and travel money that is due.

On a side note, a little Irish Leprechaun gold.
How does Elmer Fud say Irish.

And thanks for the support for those that figure the above line out

[truebrit71]

6. What on earth are you on about?

I have read and re-read your post and still have no earthly clue as to what you are rabbiting on about...:shrug:

[RandomThoughts]

16. Thats funny.

You might not figure it out then.


Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTcu7MCtuTs

Here is a funny.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SjxcWaIP5BI/TOYt21y3NHI/AAAAAAAAAPU/h9GnsFmCm2w/s1600/Poltergeist+chair+stack.jpg

[DevonRex]

5. Oh, just look at the beautiful redheads!

THanks for the pics.

[RebelOne]

18. More redheads in Scotland. Been there and seen that. n/t

[NYC Liberal]

7. Reminiscent of this:

[sufrommich]

12. I had the same thought. nt

[Kadie]

25. Cool picture.

Thanks for posting!

:hi:

[Scuba]

8. Wow. Not bad, all things considered....

...wonder what the Secret Service would think about him wading into crowds like that here at home.

[monmouth]

21. Did you notice those lovely apartments above the stores? Normally

there would be people hanging out the windows but not this time. They've either been emptied or SS is up there. Just an interesting observation.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. I think everybody in Dublin turned out!

[ClarkUSA]

10. Gardai closed entry into College Green after it filled to approximately 40,000 capacity.

That's according to Irish reporting. I've already seen US media whores minimize the huge crowd to 25,000. As if. :eyes:

Thousands more who were denied entry can watch on large screens scattered throughout central Dublin.

[sufrommich]

11. Beautiful pictures. Thanks for posting. nt

[malaise]

13. Watched live but these are absolutely

Beautiful.
Thanks - Rec

[MatthewStLouis]

14. Thanks for the pics!

[edbermac]

15. Fox News estimates crowd size at a few dozen.

:sarcasm:

[asjr]

17. After this Mr. Pawlenty should fold up his

tent and go home.

[Jefferson23]

19. The last one is my favorite, wow..authentic touchy feely moment. n/t

[Jester Messiah]

20. Aye, he's in his element in these pics.

Getting love from the people and giving it right back.

[onethatcares]

22. remember when * traveled overseas?

and the crowds were enorous, totally beyond estimation, laughing and shaking his hand and offering to buy him a beer at every turn?



Neither do I.:rofl:

[Kadie]

27. LOL

I remember the many, many, 'caption' threads when * traveled.

:rofl:

[malaise]

23. Transcript of speech

http://www.businessandleadership.com/leadership/item/30258-us-president-barack-obamas/
<snip>
Earlier today, Michelle and I visited Moneygall, where we saw my ancestral home and dropped by the local pub. We received a very warm welcome from all the people there, including my long lost eighth cousin Henry. Henry now is affectionately known as Henry the Eighth.

It was remarkable to see this small town where a young shoemaker named Fulmouth Kearney – my great-great-great-grandfather.

I was shown the records from the parish, the recording of his birth and we saw the home where he lived.

He left during the Great Hunger, as so many Irish did, to seek a new life in the new world. He travelled by ship to New York, where he entered himself into the records as a lay-boy.

He married an American girl from Ohio. They settled in the mid-west and started a family. It is a familiar story – because it is one lived and cherished by Americans of all backgrounds. It is integral to our national identity, it is who we are – a nation of immigrants from all around the world.

But standing there in Moneygall, I couldn’t help but think how heartbreaking it must have been for that great-great-great-grandfather of mine, and so many others to depart, to watch Donegal coasts and Dingle cliffs recede. To leave behind all they knew in the hopes that something better lay over the horizon.

[Kadie]

30. Thanks for the link. Here is a pic of Henry from today...

:)


MONEYGALL, IRELAND - MAY 23: Wellwishers greet Henry Healy, the 8th cousin of U.S. President Barack Obama in his ancestral home of Moneygall on May 23, 2011 in Moneygall, Ireland. U.S. President Obama is visiting Ireland for one day at the start of a week long tour of Europe. He will meet with distant relatives in Moneygall and speak at a rally in central Dublin after a concert.

[Glimmer of Hope]

24. Lot's of happy people!

[cali]

26. pretty heartwarming, those pics.

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. amazing pics

[RagAss]

29. Awesome !