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President Obama Visits Ireland

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Will visit ancestral town of Moneygall.

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President Obama set down in Dublin Monday as part of a six-day European trip that will include a stop in Moneygall, the tiny town where his great-great-great grandfather was born. In anticipation, the 350 people who live there have painted their homes and opened a coffee shop called “Obama’s café.” He’ll also give a speech in the center of Dublin about U.S.-Irish ties, before moving on to London and France.

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