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US president’s emotional visit to west of Ireland to culminate in speech at great-great-great-grandfather’s birthplace
Joe Biden has returned to his roots in County Mayo to conclude a four-day visit to Ireland with prayers, tears, ballads and a rhapsodic farewell.
The US president plunged into a final round of engagements on Ireland’s west coast on Friday after a whirlwind week that stamped his Irish identity on his presidency, evoking comparisons with a 1963 visit by John Kennedy.
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