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A Small Irish Town Claims Victory After Biden Wins by ryloy: 5:34pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
(CNN)The stars and stripes have been fluttering all week on the streets of Ballina -- the town of just 10,000 in the west of Ireland where US president-elect Joe Biden's Irish ancestors hail from. Ten of the former vice president's 16 great-great-grandparents were born in Ireland, according to the Irish for Biden campaign, with Edward Blewitt, Biden's great-great-great-grandfather, providing the Ballina connection. On Saturday, as CNN projected Biden's White House win, Ballina residents came out to celebrate their distant kin's success. "I think Ballina has saved the world tonight, because without Ballina, there would be no Joe Biden," Smiler Mitchell, a local publican, told CNN. Balloons were tied to cars and the crowd sang "The Green and Red of Mayo," a famous ballad about the county where Ballina is situated. One car with a cardboard cut out of Biden in the front seat had a license plate which read, "PENNSYLVANIA BIDEN #1." In the lead-up to the election, the community held a "Ridin' for Biden" event around the bridges crossing the River Moy with a carousel of cars passing the town's iconic cathedral and finishing in front of a mural of the man himself, erected in the town's main square. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/07/europe/ancestral-homes-biden-us-election-intl/index.html
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Re: A Small Irish Town Claims Victory After Biden Wins by MyVILLAGEpeople(m): 5:55pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Indeed Success has many friends. 1 Like |
Re: A Small Irish Town Claims Victory After Biden Wins by sammysmiles(m): 5:58pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
Biden victory won't last... 1 Like |
Re: A Small Irish Town Claims Victory After Biden Wins by Valkrie: 6:08pm On Nov 08, 2020 |
sammysmiles: Exactly..going to be big disappointment for the electoral crook...!! |
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