President Reagan visits Pat Troy's Ireland's Own pub
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- President Ronald Reagan pays a surprise visit to Pat Troy's Ireland's Own pub in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The President, accompanied by journalist James Kilpatrick, stopped by for lunch and a pint of Harp on Saint Patrick's Day in 1988.
If you come by the pub today you can see pictures and items from the President's visit, preserved in a table right next to the stage.
www.pattroysirishpub.com
One of the more memorable St. Patrick's Days in my performing career. He was such a gracious gentleman on stage.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful memory. It's easy to see that President Reagan was a natural performer and an easy, approachable person rather than an overly self-important one.
Thank you for your remembrance. I was there.
And off stage.
The President of the United States!! Extraordinary presence
Seamus, I spent many happy evenings at Ireland’s Own during the 1980’s and I enjoyed your performances! And I always loved what we decided to do with a drunken sailor…put him in bed with Margaret Thatcher!
Pat Troy, and Ronald Reagan, both very sorely missed, but we'll always remember them.
That, kiddies, is what a real President looks like.
Yep.
My family is from the nearby village from where he came from.
Such genuine enthusiasm for his Irish heritage.. without an autocue and .a great man.
God bless you Mr. President! Thank you for standing up for freedom, for America, for Europe and the whole world!
with this charm, and gift of the gab, he show's he's irish, & none the worse for wear!
Nice to see the Gipper in Old Towne, enjoying himself just as you and I would.
Great vid! Wish I could've met Ronnie. Best pres in my lifetime. (thus far, optimistically speaking!)
This shows how much times have changed. The punch line to the Irish graveyard joke is whether the decedent would be followed to heaven or hell. It struck me how much things have changed. In the 70's and 80's there was still a fair amount of discussion about which place you would go to after your demise, now you rarely hear it discussed.
What a classy Gentleman Ronald Reagan.
wonderful . .!
I'm glad to see that-as of this writing- no one has given this a thumbs down. If anybody did, I guess they're looking to leave the country.
I'll drive you to the Airport. No charge. This one's on me.
What class, wit, charm, intelligence, and a gift for speaking. Makes it even sadder to see so many dimwits and morons (not all, but most) who have been our presidents since then. God bless you.
Exactly.
Gee, it's nice to remember when we had a genuine AMERICAN president...
Our last TRUE President!
At least they could have served him a delicious Guinness.
I miss the "old" Ireland's Own. T'was a shame city of Alexandria made him relocate; its charm just isn't the same since.
Legend
Is that Seamus Kennedy on stage? He was always my favorite there.
Greatest President of them all!
BRILLIANT !!!
Harp hate the stuff. Only draught you could get in most Irish pubs when I was young.
Here’s Reagan out having a beer.
God we miss him
where is the bar now??
Stacey Feher was in old town Alexandria. Now it's gone.
This was located at 132 N. Royal Street. Around 1999 the bar moved to 111 N. Pitt Street about a block away and it closed permanently sometime in 2013 or 2014. Thankfully, Old Town Alexandria does still have Murphy’s Pub on King Street, which is a nice lively place for singing and Irish grub.
The current POTUS of 2023 would never know how to act like a human being.
Empty suit politician talking nonsense.
If any of you ever take a Political science class you'd learn that he only went to that bar to make ppl think he was relatable this was actually very calculated and thought out it wasn't a spontaneous thing he did, shows what a great team he had to plan this.
you had to take a political science class to understand that?
Lavender's all mixed up.
RONALD Reagan was a Warrior for God Himself. Without. A. Doubt.
@@q8gyj26s Don’t think too hard about it or you’ll get “incorrect opinions.”
This was in 1988, late in Reagan’s second term….he had nothing to prove…a genuine good man..
Para empezar, esa visita fue en 1988. Su último año en la presidencia. No había nada que "calcular". Aunque me imagino que sí hubo que planificar la visita por razones de seguridad. Es muy poco probable que a esa visita se le dedicará mucho tiempo en los telediarios de las cadenas principales.
En último lugar, reagan no era candidato a nada en 1988
Had the great displeasure of talking to Pat Troy once. Troy had illegal Irish immigrants working for him. Troy was a most unpleasant obnoxious individual.