In his speech in Dundalk, Mr Biden mentioned his ancestors left Eire at about the identical time as former US President Barack Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather Falmouth Kearney, who was from Moneygall in County Offaly.
“They might by no means have dreamed that their grandsons would have been presidents of america,” he mentioned.
Mr Biden was given a tour of Carlingford Citadel alongside the Tánaiste (Irish Deputy Prime Minister) Micheál Martin.
Requested about his emotions on the go to, the president replied: “It is great. It looks like I am coming house.”
Commenting on the moist climate, he added: “It is fantastic – it is Eire.”
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