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Main Street, Moneygall

We'll never forget the day the most important man in the world, US President Barack Obama, dropped in with First Lady, Michelle, to our little family pub.

May 23, 2011, went down in the history books because it was the day the Obamas came home to Moneygall. Mr Obama took the time to retrace his third great-grandfather, Fulmouth Kearney's footsteps here in Ireland and, for that, we salute him. He lifted our nation's spirits with his "is féidir linn" attitude.

“YOU tell me when it’s properly settled, I don’t want to mess this up,” Barack Obama says as Ollie Hayes pours him a creamy pint. Ollie has been pulling pints since childhood but nothing could have prepared him for this moment. Inside his small pub, he is about to serve a pint of Guinness to the world’s most powerful man, the president of...

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Moneygall is the Irish village that captured the hearts of people all over the world. Henry “The Eighth Cousin” Healy inspired his community to get behind a little known senator in 2007. Today, Barack Obama and Moneygall are no longer the underdogs. We were there to capture tears, sweat and laughter as villagers prepared for the homecoming of the U...

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Ollie Hayes Pub,
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Co Offaly,
Ireland.


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Friday - Saturday closing 12:30 pm
Sunday closing 11.00 pm