Mark Carney Visits Grandparents' Mayo Homeplace, Drawing 24 Cousins to Aughagower
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Updated · RTÉ News · Jun 12
Mark Carney Visits Grandparents' Mayo Homeplace, Drawing 24 Cousins to Aughagower
3 articles · Updated · RTÉ News · Jun 12
Summary
Aughagower is preparing to receive Mark Carney on Sunday, when the Canadian prime minister is due to visit the Co Mayo home area his paternal grandparents left in 1925.
The two-day Ireland trip includes Dublin on Saturday, then a flight into Ireland West Airport and a drive to Westport, where Carney is scheduled for local engagements and a civic reception.
In the village, Carney is expected to attend Mass, visit a cemetery where ancestors are buried, and receive a commemorative booklet built from local research into the Carney and Moran family history.
Rosaleen Heraghty, who says she is Carney's second cousin, hopes he can meet his 24 cousins during the visit as the trip reconnects relatives and energizes the community.
Residents have likened the homecoming's significance to past visits linked to John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden, capping a local campaign that intensified after Carney became prime minister last year.