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Updated: August 15, 2011 | 11:01 a.m.
May 23, 2011 | 12:09 p.m.

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sip Guinness on Monday at a pub as they visit Moneygall village in rural County Offaly, Ireland, where his great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney hailed from. Obama landed in Ireland on earlier Monday for a visit celebrating his ancestral roots, kicking off a four-nation European tour. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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US President Barack Obama (2ndL) and First Lady Michelle Obama (L) sip Guinness at a pub as they visit Moneygall village in rural County Offaly, Ireland, where his great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney hailed from, on May 23, 2011. Obama landed in Ireland on May 23, 2011 for a visit celebrating his ancestral roots, kicking off a four-nation European tour. AFP PHOTO/ JEWEL SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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