They Love Barack Obama In Moneygall County Offalay, Ireland!

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The flags are still flying in Moneygall, Co Offaly – American flags, that is. Moneygall's one street is flanked with American and Irish flags, just as it was when US president Barack Obama... The flags are still flying in Moneygall, Co Offaly – American flags, that is. Moneygall's one street is flanked with American and Irish flags, just as it was when US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle came to visit in May 2011. Some other things have remained unchanged since the presidential visit. For instance, the glasses that the American First Couple drank from in Ollie Hayes’s bar that day remain unwashed. They are on display in the bar, along with the €50 note that was used to pay for the drinks. However, other things in Moneygall have changed dramatically. It now has the extensive Barack Obama Plaza, visible at the far end of its street. The plaza opened this summer and provides a kind of extension to Moneygall. The village has a population of about 300; the plaza sees thousands of people a day, who stop their journey on the M7 to buy petrol or eat at one of the many food outlets there. The bypass itself opened in 2010. Show more