please take your seats. the speaker: i want to start off by welcoming everyone. this is one of our most precious traditions. we come together to honor known for the gifts of blarney which means absolutely everybody. [laughter] and with all things irish, this began with the good scrap. ronald reagan and tip were fierce political opponents. this goes way back to those days. their heritage was their bond. when it came to ireland, the only thing they would argue about who was more irish. reagan was saying he was old enough to meet st. patrick. it is a real honor to have you here. [applause] the speaker: my own family is from a small town in ireland outside of the black mountains. my wife and extended family and i visited visited the town a few years ago and found the family farm that our family came from where ouro the abbey ancestors were married and buried and our cousin william o'shea farms the same place and they had a great ceremony and had the local tv and the abbott and will...