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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday, Ireland Prime Minister Michel Martin presented a bowl of shamrocks to President Biden -- a tr
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Today, Ireland Prime Minister Micheál Martin presented a bowl of shamrocks to President Biden a tradition that dates back to 1952 with President Truman. Although they were physically apart, the President and the Taoiseach renewed the close friendship between our two nations.


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soothsayer
Mar 2021
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Cha
(319,079 posts)1. Aww.. How Sweeet.. Our Allies
are back! That didn't take long to completely turn things around!
Diamond_Dog
(40,578 posts)2. Little niceties
That went missing over the last four miserable years...
Solly Mack
(96,943 posts)3. Waterford bowl, at that.
No point. Just recognize the brand.
Baitball Blogger
(52,346 posts)4. Erm, that's shamrocks growing in a Waterford bowl?
OnDoutside
(20,868 posts)6. Lol, PLACED in a Waterford Crystal Bowl. That's just tradition.
mopinko
(73,726 posts)5. there's a whole lot of us irish-americans that are happy as hell
to have another irish prez.
Ilsa
(64,371 posts)7. How beautiful! I wondered where Biden and Harris
had gotten the shamrocks they were wearing on their suits.
Irish_Dem
(81,271 posts)8. Beautiful, thank you for posting.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)9. How lovely!
It's so nice to see the rest of the world opening up to us again, slowly but surely. What a kind gesture!
demmiblue
(39,720 posts)10. You know he was loving this moment!
That will definitely be something that he purchases after he leaves office.