When asked "what's the weirdest place you've ever been to?" a small Irish village with strong links to a former US president came up trumps... albeit for behavior that is a little eccentric. Reddit ...

MONEYGALL, Ireland — Barack Obama’s approval ratings have plunged to George W. Bush levels of unpopularity, with half of Americans saying they don’t like the job he’s doing. But if that news has the ...

The Corrigan Brothers, the Irish Band who has the International hit “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama” amassing over seven million YouTube hits, have just recorded “Welcome Home President ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Located at a highway junction along the R445 motorway, the Barack Obama ...

The president’s hearty Irish swig of Guinness, on a visit to his ancestral village of Moneygall, cemented his status as a native son—though it may have set the country’s image back 20 years. Tom Sykes ...

MONEYGALL, IRELAND — Until recently, Moneygall’s most famous son wasn’t even human. It was a horse, Papillon, who streaked to the title as a long shot in a nail-biter at Britain’s prestigious Grand ...

It takes a full twelve seconds to drive through "downtown" Moneygall - which consists of two pubs, two small grocery stores and not much else. But a New York minute is all it takes to learn what the ...

THE tiny village of Moneygall was back in the news again yesterday when a bust of the town’s most famous local — Barack Obama — was unveiled. US Ambassador to Ireland Kevin O’Malley arrived in the ...

Mark Phillips is the CBS News senior foreign correspondent and has been based in the London Bureau since 1993. He has covered every major international story of the past 35 years, including conflicts ...

Larch Vale House is a Georgian residence dating back to the 1820s in Monegall, Co Offaly. It was updated to meet contemporary living standards while maintaining the character of its original design.

The forthcoming visit to Ireland by American President Barack Obama has transformed the appearance of a small Irish village. Moneygall in County Offaly is awash with paint, as the rural village ...