US President Joe Biden backs 'Mayo for Sam' in Ballina speech.
Friday was the final full day of his trip to Ireland.and had a chance meeting with Fr Frank O'Grady - the priest who performed the last rites on his late son, Beau Biden.
US President Joe Biden visiting Knock Shrine and Basilica in Co Mayo with Fr Richard Gibbons. Picture by: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Fr Richard Gibbons, who showed President Biden around the shrine, said it was"quite an emotional day." "It just so happened that we had a priest here who prayed with Beau before he died," Fr Gibbons explained."Then I left him be; I said, 'Mr President, I'm going to leave you for a few moments of self-reflection' - and he said, 'Yeah I'd like that'.A man stops to read a plaque below a mural of Joe Biden in his ancestral home of Ballina, Co Mayo in November 2020.
President Biden spoke with Ernie Caffrey and his daughter Miriam, whose family owns a shop on the site of the former Blewitt family home.Main image: US President Joe Biden addressing crowds from outside St Muredach's Cathedral in Ballina, Co Mayo. Picture by: The White House
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