The Most Irish US President Ever?

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Self-described "Irish Catholic" Joe Biden has elected president of the United States after a momentous election that has the potential to transform international relations and potentially Ireland's fortunes as the post-Brexit talks reach their final moment. Naomi O'Leary and Tim Mc Inerney discuss the president-elect's Irish roots, what his Catholic identity means in this historical context, why British Conservatives are unhappy with his victory, and how the result is being received in the ancestral villages that claim Biden as their own.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Honor, Fad, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.4	I'm recording.
0:14.3	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay. Hello and welcome to a bonus US election episode of the Irish Passport podcast.
0:42.6	Yeah, hi, all our listeners.
0:44.5	So as you can imagine, we've scrambled up to our microphones to discuss the dramatic result of the US presidential election and what it means for Ireland.
0:53.6	Yeah, indeed. In case you have somehow missed it,
0:55.8	in the last 48 hours, Joe Biden has been declared the president-elect of the United States.
1:01.3	And this is causing real shockwaves around the world and, of course, in Ireland.
1:05.6	Of course, this election has special significance for Ireland. So Joe Biden, like many
1:10.4	presidents before him, has
1:11.6	Irish ancestry, and for many years he's been very involved with some aspects of Irish politics.
1:17.6	Yeah, and more than that, Biden's position on Brexit in as far as it might concern, Ireland
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