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Mark Carney visits ancestral village in Mayo
Key takeaways
- Carney, who spent Saturday in Dublin with Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin, met his cousins on Sunday in Aughagower - the village his grandparents, Robert and Nora Moran, left when they emigrated to Canada in 1925.
- Carney has said he is proud of his family heritage and described his Irish ancestry as a "big part of who I am".
- Irish President Catherine Connolly met Carney in Westport House on Sunday morning.
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Emmet Mc Elhatton BBC News NIPA Media Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met Irish President Catherine Connolly on Sunday Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has travelled to County Mayo on the second day of his visit to the Republic of Ireland.
Carney, who spent Saturday in Dublin with Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin, met his cousins on Sunday in Aughagower - the village his grandparents, Robert and Nora Moran, left when they emigrated to Canada in 1925.
Carney has said he is proud of his family heritage and described his Irish ancestry as a "big part of who I am".
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