US Vice President Joe Biden Visits Carlingford / Newry Man Lost
AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
As part of the American Vice President’s tour of Ireland today Mr Joe Biden stopped of at Fitzpatrick’s restaurant in Lordship Co Louth with his motorcade for a bite of lunch before heading of to the Carlingford Heritage Center for a civic reception.
After emerging from his heartwarming speech he surprised the awaiting crowds and quite possibly the security services by having a meet and greet with the awaiting public as part of his Co Louth pilgrimage to connect with ancestral roots.
Mr Biden’s Great Great Grandfather Owen Finnegan was a native of the area before his emigration to America in 1849 to escape the Irish Famine.
The next destination on Mr Bidens world wind tour of discovery was Lilly Finnegans bar as his own mother was a direct descendant of the Finnegan line. 
The last stop in the Cooley peninsula was a visit to the ruins and graveyard of the historic Kilwara Church where the last of the Irish line of Finnegans are laid to rest.
I have to say it was a fantastic experience and despite the presence of the FBI,Homeland Security and Secret Service, Newry Man Lost endeavored to get up close and personal with the man himself to bring you a first hand look of the scenes that unfolded today.
