President rounded off with a rousing speech celebrating his Irish heritage in front of a boisterous crowd in front of cathedral in western Ireland with a deep family connection. As he did throughout his four-day trip here, Biden wove together comments about hard work and the immigrant spirit with recitations about his ancestors who left Ireland behind during times of scarcity to start a new life in Scranton, .He recalled how one ancestor Edward Blewitt once sold 27,000 bricks that helped support St. Muredach's Cathedral in County Mayo, where Biden arranged a speech before tens of thousands of cheering Irish fans.
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