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Obama visits 'home' in Ireland

Vocabulary

counterparts

people who have had the experience that they are about to have

played host to

welcomed

following in the footsteps (of)

doing what others have done before

a wave of

a large number of

his ancestral home

the place where a distant but direct relative came from

was traced to

was researched and found to come from

legacy

an achievement that will be remembered and will have an impact for a long time

consolidating 

making stronger

the tender age of

at an age when you are young and without much experience of the world

forged on

established and made strong by