Barack Obama, the US president, and his wife Michelle, experienced a warm welcome in Ireland - where some of Obama's distant ancestors lived.
As well as meeting the Irish prime minister, Obama made a visit to the small town of Moneygall where the president's great, great grandfather lived.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports from the Irish capital, Dublin.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Obama in Ireland: president searches for 'missing apostrophe' – Almost any other visitor who mauled the Irish language so severely might expect a reception as cold as the waters of the Liffey. » | Alex Spillius in Dublin | Tuesday, May 24, 2011
