'That's incredible' - US President Joe Biden is given a 200-year-old brick from his ancestral home in Co Mayo.
During a visit to the North Mayo Heritage Centre earlier on Friday, he was given a brick from the original Blewitt family home.President Biden's great-great-great grandfather, Edward Blewitt, left Ballina for the US during the Great Famine.
A mural of Joe Biden in his ancestral home of Ballina, Co Mayo in November 2020. Picture by: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo"It’s a 200 year old brick," President Biden said as he read an inscription on the case."That’s incredible," he added. Shaking hands with the group and looking at the painting, President Biden remarked to one of the men:"Oh, I was in your bar".and had a chance meeting with the priest who performed the last rites on his late son, Beau Biden.
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