# A Blackhawk woke me this morning. Obama's in Ireland **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872 "2011-05-23T09:38:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/1 "2011-05-23T09:38:36Z")
He’s only here for the day. Quick trip down to [MoneyGall](http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/23/ireland.obama.roots/?hpt=C1) to visit some distant cousins and then back to Dublin to give a speech at College Green. Weather this morning was nasty but it’s brightening now. Would have loved to go down for the speech but have to work, boo!. I went to see Clinton speak in the same place and it was amazing. Watching him now on the phone from my desk. He looks very animated and chatty. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/2 "2011-05-23T12:57:22Z")
It’s wild windy today, I hope the thing in College Green goes ok. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/3 "2011-05-23T13:03:10Z")
Very cool. It’s not a proper trip to see the family history in Ireland if there isn’t a pub crawl. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/4 "2011-05-23T13:06:19Z")
The Blackhawk was mightily empressive. About 50 people walking on the road I was on just stopped and looked to see WTF was making the noise. Over a house came the Blackhawk flying low and slow. Everyone just stopped and watched. Hopefully the weather will calm down and give the thousands in College Green a good day. ~20K are expected. Clinton had better [weather](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZmAYcXLrAE#t=10m36s) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/5 "2011-05-23T13:51:16Z")
[It hasn’t been all plain sailing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKym-Zi3mOQ). ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/6 "2011-05-23T14:05:44Z")
Heh! Still on US land in the Embassy so it wasn’t our fault 😛 In Moneygall now. Wet crowds waiting for the main man. They don’t look bothered at all. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/7 "2011-05-23T14:07:38Z")
And now the sun comes out just as he’s on the way into the town. Mother Nature is Irish today 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/8 "2011-05-23T14:33:09Z")
Fair play. He did a walk around in the village and shaked hundreds of hands. He’s now taking shelter in the old family house while another shower goes over the village. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/9 "2011-05-23T15:04:53Z")
Ha! He just went into the local pub gave a speech, got a family photo taken and then went to the bar plonked down some cash and ordered a round. Then drank the Guinness in big gulps and is currently shooting the shit with the barman. He’s playing the Irish even better than Clinton did. Removed from local politics he’s a PR master. Class act. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/10 "2011-05-23T15:23:59Z")
Sorry about the multiposts but I really liked this tweat. A Garda is a cop BTW. [![](http://www.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/alco.jpeg) ](http://www.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/alco.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/11 "2011-05-23T15:25:43Z")
[Lol](http://cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2011/05/pints.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/12 "2011-05-23T15:32:11Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > Sorry about the multiposts but I really liked this tweat. A Garda is a cop BTW. > > [http://www.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/alco.jpeg](http://www.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/alco.jpeg) Ha, I was gonna post that. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/13 "2011-05-23T15:34:47Z")
Here’s the story: [http://www.npr.org/2011/05/23/136558537/in-ireland-a-homecoming-of-sorts-for-obama](http://www.npr.org/2011/05/23/136558537/in-ireland-a-homecoming-of-sorts-for-obama) > [@](#): > > President Obama is in Ireland on Monday kicking off a six-day European trip during which he will visit Buckingham Palace, address British Parliament, attend the Group of Eight summit in France and meet with Central European leaders in Poland. > > First, though, the president has some family business to attend to… > > Obama’s personal connection to Ireland is on his mother’s side. It was discovered four years ago, when researchers traced Falmouth Kearney, his great-great-great-grandfather, to the village of Moneygall in County Offaly. Kearney was a shoemaker’s son who sailed to America in 1850. Aha, so he’s really a secret Irishman, then. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/14 "2011-05-23T15:39:44Z")
Probably a secret Catholic as well. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/15 "2011-05-23T15:41:31Z")
[I don’t know how _secret_ it is…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplZ_taHXLM&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/16 "2011-05-23T15:46:29Z")
This inspired an abrupt channelling of Cleavon Little. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/17 "2011-05-23T15:49:51Z")
College Green is at capacity. 25K people waiting for him. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/18 "2011-05-23T15:53:37Z")
I don’t think we need more than one thread on this. ---
**Author:** ![Hrududu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Hrududu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hrududu)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/19 "2011-05-23T16:03:35Z")
I can’t wait for the picture when he encounters Jedward. Many LOLsome moments from the visit today. The tweet about the Guard is classic. Reminds me of an old D’unbeliveables sketch “Ya can’t be at that lads” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blackhawk-woke-me-this-morning-obamas-in-ireland/582872/20 "2011-05-23T16:20:40Z")
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