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President Barack Obama and Michelle arrive in Air Force One at Dublin President Barack Obama and Michelle arrive in Air Force One at Dublin - AFP/Getty Images U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and first lady Michelle Obama (R) are greeted by Irish President Mary McAleese (2nd L) and her husband Martin at her official residence - Reuters U.S. President Barack Obama, and first lady Michelle Obama with Irish President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin at her official residence U.S. President Barack Obama with Irish President Mary McAleese U.S. President Barack Obama and Irish President Mary McAleese (R) greet children after planting a tree at the Peace Bell at the Presidential Palace in Dublin - REUTERS U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand with Ireland's President Mary McAleese and husband Martin McAleese as they meet Irish school children at the Peace Bell during a tree planting ceremony in Dublin, Ireland, Monday, May 23, 2011. President Barack Obama opens a six-day European tour with a quick dash through Ireland, where he will celebrate his own Irish roots and look to give a boost to a nation grappling with the fallout from its financial collapse.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) - Associated Press President Barack Obama, third from left, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, are greeted by Ireland's Taoiseach Enda Kenny, second from left, and his wife Fionnuala Kenny, right as they arrive at Farmleigh House in Dublin, Ireland, Monday, May 23, 2011. President Barack Obama opens a six-day European tour with a quick dash through Ireland, where he will celebrate his own Irish roots and look to give a boost to a nation grappling with the fallout from its financial collapse.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) - Associated Press US President Barack Obama with Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Farmleigh, Dublin, where the two held talks. - PA WIRE First Lady Michelle Obama (left) speaks with Fionnuala Kenny in the gardens of Farmleigh, Dublin, while their husband's US President Barack Obama and Taoiseach Enda Kenny held talks. - PA WIRE First Lady Michelle Obama (right) with Fionnuala Kenny (second right) view a embroidered panel depicting the Norman Invasion during a tour of Farmleigh House, Dublin, while their husband's US President Barack Obama and Taoiseach Enda Kenny held talks. - PA WIRE Obama playing with a hurley joined by Prime Minister Enda Kenny US President Barack Obama, left, reacts after he was presented with a hurley stick from Irish Prime Minister and Taoiseach Enda Kenny while in Farmleigh, Dublin Monday May 23, 2011. Obama said Monday that the U.S. and Ireland share a "blood link" that extends beyond strategic interests or foreign policy into the hearts of the millions of Irish Americans who still see a homeland here.(AP Photo, Pool) President Obama - AP U.S. President Barack Obama, centre, First Lady Michelle Obama, second right, President of Ireland Mary Mc Aleese, left, and Martin Mc Aleese during the signing of the vistors book at Aras an Uachtarain, during his 24-hour visit to the Republic of Ireland, Monday, May, 23, 2011. President Barack Obama opens a six-day European tour with a quick dash through Ireland, where he will celebrate his own Irish roots and look to give a boost to a nation grappling with the fallout from its financial collapse. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) - Associated Press U.S. President Barack Obama drinks a Guinness in Ollie Hayes Pub, in his ancestral home in Moneygall, Ireland, May 23, 2011. Obama, starting a four-nation tour of Europe in Ireland on Monday, said he wanted to encourage bilateral trade and would do all he could to help the country's economic recovery. REUTERS/Larry Downing (IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS FOOD) - REUTERS U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama drink Guinness in Ollie Hayes Pub in Obama's ancestral home in Moneygall May 23, 2011. Obama sipped a pint of stout and cuddled babies on Monday as a tiny Irish village on Monday welcomed home "a long lost cousin" with an outpouring of affection. Hoisting a glass of Guinness at Ollie Hayes pub as fiddle music played, Obama thus began a four-nation tour of Europe with a celebration of his ancestral roots. REUTERS/Maxwell's/Pool (IRELAND - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) - Reuters


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clonmel21 | Jul 11, 2011, 02:44 PM EDT
Behind the scene photos indeed. All staged like the rest of his Presidency. Your right MotherIrish, we could have done without

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MotherIrish | Jul 11, 2011, 11:58 AM EDT
those were 29 pictures we could have done without.

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deburca | May 31, 2011, 10:45 AM EDT
@ abhainn, I was wondering if anyone would correct that! Otherwise, great photos... and it even looks like the sun came out for them for awhile!

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abhainn | May 24, 2011, 06:24 PM EDT
The president was not holding a "hurl" — it is a hurley.

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Posted by clonmel21 on July 11,2011 | 11:44AM
Behind the scene photos indeed. All staged like the rest of his Presidency. Your right MotherIrish, we could have done without
Posted by MotherIrish on July 11,2011 | 08:58AM
those were 29 pictures we could have done without.
Posted by deburca on May 31,2011 | 07:45AM
@ abhainn, I was wondering if anyone would correct that! Otherwise, great photos... and it even looks like the sun came out for them for awhile!
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