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Barman Dominic Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick's pub poses for the media in the bar Wednesday, April, 5, 2023, near the village of Carlingford, Ireland. Fitzpatrick served the then Vice President Biden when he visited the pub in 2016. Excitement is building in Ballina, a small Irish town that was home to some of President Joe Biden's ancestors. Biden is scheduled to visit the town next week, part of a four-day trip to Ireland and neighboring Northern Ireland.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

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A man puts a US flag up in the town of Ballina, the ancestral home of President elect Joe Biden, in North West of Ireland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Biden was elected Saturday as the 46th president of the United States, defeating President Donald Trump in an election that played out against the backdrop of a pandemic, its economic fallout and a national reckoning on racism. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

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