User:Autarch/2011 United States Presidential Visit to the Republic of Ireland

The 2011 US Presidential Visit to the Republic of Ireland was on 23 May 2011. Air Force One touched down at Dublin Airport at 09:30.

When leaving the US Embassy in Ballsbridge, the armoured car carrying the President and First Lady got stuck on part of an exit ramp. A witness said that it seemed the low underside of the car had caught on a piece of metal a gate might lock into. The President and First Lady switched to a different vehicle that left by another exit.

The Obamas went to Moneygall, the village the Presidents' ancestory Falmouth Kearney had come from. They visited Olly Hayes' pub, meeting extended family, then visited the site of his ancestral family home.

President Obama spoke to a crowd near College Green where thousands had gathered to hear him.

President Obama and the First Lady left ahead of schedule due to concerns about the effect of ash from the eruption of Grímsvötn.