seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death. longing is fierce as shown, its arrows are arrows of fire. flames of the divine. deep waters. the rivers sweep it away. all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly dispensed. victory asked me to say a few words. that is what shane wanted. speaks in irish. my my words are words of gratitude. gratitude for shane s genius. for his songs. for his creativity. for his songs. for his creativity. for his attitude, gratitude for his humour and his intelligence and his compassion. gratefulfor his compassion. grateful for his vulnerabilities. compassion. gratefulfor his vulnerabilities. his knowledge and his modesty. gratitude for his celebration of the marginalised poon celebration of the marginalised poor, our exiles, and the underdogs. gratefulfor poor, our exiles, and the underdogs. grateful for the poor, our exiles, and the underdogs. gratefulfor the pogues poor, our exiles, and the underdogs. grateful for the pogues an
of course, have strong irish ancestry and heritage, it s that there is something about irishness. i feel, you know, a little fraudulent with an english accent talking about this, but i am married to, as you know, joe, an irish woman from county mayo, where you are right now, at least her people are originally from county mayo there is something about irishness. the hard scrapple, immigrant story, that links into the broader american creed, that sort of gives them something in the american creed, which biden taps into. he talks about being middle class is more of a value than a number he interweaves that with stories of his grandfather and stories of the passage across the atlantic i imagine this will be amongst the happiest three days of his presidency this is, you know i envy you being on this trip
partners, the one of the strongt economies in europe. the president thanking ireland s prime minister this morning in part for the burden ireland has taken in terms of bringing in ukrainian refugees, something that he noted he knows is not easy you re also going to seat president really redouble what we heard yesterday when he was in belfast about the importance of seeing that good friday peace accord remain on track, given some of the political impasse we have seen in northern ireland. the president is going to continue to underscore not just the great affinity that americans, one in ten americans claim irish ancestry, but also his own personal affinity, just how much ireland and his own irishness has become key in defining who he is as a politician all part of what we expect to hear from the president and likely, yes, ana, some irish poetry, which we hear very often from this president. mike memoli, appreciate your
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