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POTUS Joe Biden’s Thunderous Welcome in Ballina, Ireland, Might Just Make Your Week [1]

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Date: 2023-04-14  

This is glorious:

. @JoeBiden is given a rapturous welcome as he arrives on stage outside St Muredach's Cathedral in Ballina, Co Mayo | https://t.co/7LELAyfeN9 pic.twitter.com/t9KYCqvsoD

This is the kind of reception that Putin and TFG can only dream of. They will never be revered the way Biden is.

The vigorous American flag waving (by Irish people, no less!) in the video suggests that Biden is restoring America’s reputation around the world.

Happy 300th anniversary, Ballina! 🇮🇪🇺🇸



Nearly 200 years later, the bricks touched by my great-great-great-grandfather’s hands still hold St. Muredach's Cathedral aloft. Like the Irish-American story itself, it speaks to our shared past, present, and future. pic.twitter.com/Q92yORx7Tw

Update 11:02pm ET:

The music playing as Biden comes out is by Dropkick Murphys, an Irish-American band. The song is called I’m Shipping Up to Boston (h/t absdoggy):

Update 12:04am ET:

From Crimson Quillfeather in the comments:

‘It meant the world to me and my entire family to be embraced as Mayo Joe, son of Ballina,’ says US President https://t.co/r5IruCTAzV

‘It meant the world to me and my entire family to be embraced as Mayo Joe, son of Ballina,’ says US President

The roars erupted, echoing down the River Moy.

This was the pinnacle of President Biden’s visit to Ireland - and it was a deeply moving and heartfelt moment that came at the end of an emotion-packed day.

He had “taken as a sign” the chance meeting earlier at Knock Shrine with Fr Frank O’Grady - the chaplain who had given the Last Rites to his beloved son Beau, who died in Maryland of brain cancer in 2015.

In a direct message to his extended Blewitt family he said: "you make me proud."

He quoted from the blind Mayo poet, Anthony Raftery's poem Anois Teach an Earraigh as he said "Now the spring is coming. I shall raise my sail and I won't stay still until I shall stand in the centre of county Mayo." ✂️

Meanwhile, for the US President, it was a homecoming to remember tonight in his final speech in Ireland in Ballina.

He saluted the tens of thousands who had gathered from early evening to see him in the town as he took to the stage shortly before 10pm, after they had enjoyed music from The Coronas, The Academic and the Chieftans.

In an emotional speech, Mr Biden touched on the places in the county he had visited throughout today and said: “I want to say thank you. I heard you all had an impromptu celebration the night I was declared winner in the 2020 election. You decked out the town I’m told in red, white and blue.”

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