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US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ENJOYS A GUINNESS IN HIS ANCESTOR’S LOCAL PUB
MONEYGALL PUBLICAN OLLIE HAYES POURS THE PERFECT PINT FOR A VERY SPECIAL VISITOR!
Monday 23rd May 2011: As part of his much awaited visit to his ancestral home, the US President Barack Obama stepped into his ancestor’s local pub, Ollie Hayes’ bar in Moneygall Co. Offaly, where he was welcomed with a perfect pint of Guinness.
The US President visited the Offaly town, as part of his visit to Ireland, to meet his distant relatives and see the house that they grew up in.