(23 May 2011) SHOTLIST
1. US President Barack Obama greeting cheering locals on his way to the pub
2. Sign at Hayes' Bar
3. Sign reading "Beer Stouts"
4. Obama inside the pub, talking with people UPSOUND (English) "And I am very, very grateful to all of you and I know the town has put in a lot of work for this extraordinary day, so we really appreciate it ... and with that I'm going to have a pint." People applauding
5. Obama posing for photo op with locals
6. Obama shaking hands with publican Ollie Hayes and his wife UPSOUND: (English) Barack Obama, U.S. President: "Good to see you sir. Thank you, and is this your wife? (Bar owner: "My wife") So nice to see you. You look beautiful. I suspect you don't always dress up this much. (Laughter.) Huh? She looks spectacular. You look like you are going to the ball."
7. Zoom out of Obama's security detail outside the pub, flags of Ireland, the EU and the US outside, onlookers on the other side of the road
8. Obama with a pint of stout, toasting with others at bar of Hayes pub; he then drinks and talks with people there UPSOUND: (English) Barack Obama, U.S. President: "(Locals: "Slainte") Obama: "Slainte" (means 'health' and is a traditional toast in Ireland) All right. (Obama drinking, locals cheering) That is good stuff there. I need one for the Ambassador. Cheers."
9. Obama talking to bartender UPSOUND (English) Obama: "What I realised was that you guys are keeping the best stuff here. So, you know, I am very impressed. It is delicious, it is wonderful."
10. Obama walking out of pub
11. Various of Obama and US First Lady Michelle greeting cheering locals
STORLYINE
President Barack Obama paid a joyful visit Monday to the small Irish village where his great-great-great grandfather once lived and worked as a shoemaker, an improbable and memorable pilgrimage for America's first black president into his Irish past.
Along with First Lady Michelle Obama, the president walked the thronged Main Street of quaint Moneygall, where his ancestor on his Kansas-born mother's side, Falmouth Kearney, lived until leaving for the United States in 1850 at the height of Ireland's Great Famine.
Obama's roots in the town were discovered during the 2008 presidential campaign.
The president raised a pint of Guinness in Ollie's Bar, held up a baby and shook innumerable hands.
He took a look at Kearney's baptism records - the documents that established his connection to the town - and even got to meet, hug and drink with a distant family member: Henry Healy, a 26-year-old accountant for a plumbing firm.
The US first couple spent extended time greeting Moneygall residents who had withstood soaking rain earlier to see them.
The thrilled villagers responded by waving American and Irish flags and breaking into periodic cries of "Obama! Obama!"
Both of the Obamas stretched to shake seemingly every hand they could reach.
Guinness last week delivered a specially brewed keg of stout to be poured the moment Obama walked through the door of Ollie's Bar, which sports a bronze bust and life-size photo cut out of the president.
The president told those invited in the pub that the Irish have had a powerful impact on American culture, and he spoke of the warmth and friendship between the peoples of Ireland and the United States. Obama spoke affectionately about his ancestral ties to country.
And with that, he declared with eagerness, it was time for a pint.
On the bar, a Guinness was already lined up and waiting for him.
Then he raised the glass to a huge whoop of cheers, and took a big sip to more applause.

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