President Joe Biden traveled to the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday and was greeted with a massive welcome in County Louth [LOWTH], where his Finnegan ancestors are from. Crowds lined the streets of downtown Dundalk to greet only the second Irish Catholic president with American flags and banners.
Earlier in the day, he took a tour of Carlingford Castle, built back in the 1100s, which the White House said would have been the last Irish landmark that his great, great grandfather saw before he departed for New York. Owen Finnegan was a shoemaker by trade who emigrated to the United States in 1849.
On Thursday, the president fulfills his diplomatic obligations, starting with a meeting with President Michael Higgins and then Taoiseach (‘TEE-shock’) Leo Varadkar followed by a scheduled address to the Irish Parliament. This evening, Biden will be honored with a gala dinner at Dublin Castle — a very historic and significant site for the Irish people.
Source-ABC
