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Biden Marks St. Patrick s Day with Virtual Meeting with Ireland s Leader By Spectrum News Staff Nationwide UPDATED 3:16 PM ET Mar. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:22 AM ET Mar. 17, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:22 AM EDT Mar. 17, 2021
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President Joe Biden, who is of Irish descent, marked St. Patrick s Day with a virtual bilateral meeting with Ireland s prime minister, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, keeping a traditional state visit alive amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Everything between Ireland and the United States runs deep, Taoiseach, our joys, our sorrows, our passion, our drive and our unrelenting optimism and hope, Biden said.
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President Joe Biden met with Ireland s prime minister, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, on St. Patrick s Day Wednesday
Is Joe Biden Irish? A Look at the President s Ancestry on St. Patrick s Day
On 3/17/21 at 9:50 AM EDT
President Joe Biden is known to be proud of his Irish roots, so we take a look at his ancestral connection to the country as it celebrates St. Patrick s Day.
St. Patrick s Day is held annually on March 17 the date the patron saint of Ireland is said to have died in the fifth century.
Biden has often spoken about his Irish heritage and quotes poet Seamus Heaney in his speeches, including a verse from The Cure at Troy during his Democratic nomination acceptance speech.
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