Queen Elizabeth, Obama and now Bill Clinton confirm Irish visits

Mama - I did NOT vote for Obama... and I am glad I leave a few days before he arrives in Ireland!

The name Great Britain, is based on a geographnical term i.e. the biggest island in the British Isles. The word "Great" meaning large. When England and Scotland joined together to form one country (including Wales) it became known as the Kingdom of Great Britain. When Ireland joined it became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (now Northern Ireland)

Well, I guess it's time to announce that I too, and my family plus one, will be visiting Ireland the end of May as well. I was going to surprise y'all but figure now I better give you fair warning.

Will that be where Obama confronts England? I hope he has better sense than that. He should keep his mouth shut for a change.He is so busy alienating our allies he has nothing left to get rid of our enemies.

We need to get tourism going again. Remember we're broke,and we need as many visitors as possible. Glad Obama, Clinton are coming. The Queen, well, its been a long time I guess? Now as for the rest of us can ye ever lower the fares and 5 of us will be over in the summer. Won't be on Aer Lingus. $899 plus tax Ugh.

`Not really great Britan anymore.Scotland, Wales have their own governments now.` erm devolved assemblies for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. A sort of federal system like the US has for its numerous States. United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland is still intact.

Mama, I voted for the Hero and the Hottie.

reading all these comments and a few are not irish or irish american, to the americans ..did you not all have a vote on who should be president.

I ask again, Please keep O'B*** there and don't let him come back to the US We don't want him.

Micky74007-don't offend the memory of the three stooges that way.

londonirish: At the end of the day who cares, and as far as most people can tell she is the Queen of England. England is and was the dominant party in the so called arrangement. Also it is quite obnoxious to put great before the official name of your country. Oh and by the way I travel frequently to England on business, and all my friends and contacts over there refer to themselves as English, and many proudly wave their Cross of St George flag.

I had my plans b4 all these other turkeys. To Galway May5-12. I'm ahead of 'em, except maybe their advance agents. They probably don't care about Ireland's "jewel" anyhow.

What about Irish American Obama groupies?

Don't you find all the Irish American Obama haters tiresome? And sour. They have gone right wing Republican because they think it raises their social status. They also feel cheated by life. If yoy see one, run the other way.

Everyone likes to gawk at big crashes.