Ireland, in turn, has been a prized destination for American presidents. Ulysses S. Grant, who had recent Irish ancestry on his maternal side, became the first U.S. president to visit there ...

Key moments of US President John F. Kennedy's historic visit to Ireland in June 1963 were captured and preserved by British ...

WASHINGTON — "Remember, Joey, the best drop of blood in you is Irish," President Joe Biden said, quoting his grandfather. Such fierce ethnic pride from "the most Irish of all American presidents ...

John F. Kennedy, 1963. The first U.S. president to visit Ireland while in office, John F. Kennedy “was jubilantly received by the Irish people,” according to Nathan Mannion, senior curator at ...

American Presidents and their Irish roots. Indeed, more than 20 US Presidents have claimed some sort of Irish roots, and since President Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963, ...

As US president Joe Biden ends his visit to Ireland, with many echoes of the Kennedy visit 60 years ago, it is timely to consider if he is the last of a tribe of liberal Irish-American politicians.

When J.F.K. visited Ireland in 1963, both Ireland and Irish-Americans celebrated the occasion. The visit of President Joe Biden this week inspired similar feelings—but in a situation far different.

DUBLIN — President Biden stood in a lavishly decorated room at the Irish president’s residence on Thursday, declaring just how comfortable he feels during this visit to his ancestral homeland.

US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation declaring March "Irish-American Heritage Month". In the proclamation, he ...

Remarkably, more than half of U.S. presidents – 23 of 45 men – boast Irish ancestors, from the seventh president, Andrew Jackson, through Joe Biden. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you ...

When the Taoiseach – Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin – presented President Donald Trump with a crystal bowl of shamrocks last week in the White House East Room in advance of St. Patrick’s Day, the ...