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The 60 year history of sharing a bowl of Shamrocks with the US President for St. Patrick’s Day - a slideshow



Ambassador Thomas Kiernan and John F Kennedy on St Patrick's Day 1961 - Boston Irish Heritage Ireland's ambassador William Fay and Richard Nixon White House March 17 1969 - ixon Foundation Prime Minister Garret Fitzgerald presents the shamrocks to President Jimmy Carter - Google Images Brian Lenihan Snr and then Vice President George H Bush 1988 - Google Images Albert Reynolds and Bill Clinton sing along with Phil Coulter, 1994 - US Embassy Dublin John Bruton and Bill Clinton inspect the bowl - Google Images Bertie Ahern and George W Bush, 2001 - CDR Brian Cowen and Barack Obama, 2010 - US Embassy Dublin Waterford Crystal bowl for Barack Obama, 2012 - Google Images


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