Miriam Lord: Joe Biden, so delighted to be with his tribe, couldn’t help but mention one of those cousins – rugby hero Rob Kearney who recently “beat the hell out of the Black and Tans!” The man is a tonic.
Such is his misty eyed affection for the old sod – or the old sodden, as it was in Co Louth on Wednesday – he even finds a silver lining in dark clouds and dreary downpours.
The trip to the 13th-century Carlingford Castle was the first of a busy list of engagements in the Republic, culminating with a public address in Mayo, in front of St Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina, on Friday night. US president Joe Biden's first stop on his visit to Ireland was to the picturesque seaside village of Carlingford, Co Louth. Video: Bryan O'BrienIt meant the crowds were not as big as they might have been, but some hardy souls made it on to the roundabouts to wave their little Stars and Stripes as the motorcade passed. Flashes of high-vis yellow down side roads and boreeens were proof of the huge garda operation under way.
“It isn’t every day you get to play for the most powerful man in the world” said one of them afterwards.
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