Updated On: 05 November, 2012 06:12 AM IST | | Agencies
For many residents of Moneygall, the Irish ancestral home of US President Barack Obama, they are not just hoping he is re-elected ufffd they are relying on it.
On May 23 last year, the US president and his wife Michelle spent a few hours in the village during a whirlwind visit to Ireland.

Tracing his roots back: During their May 2011 visit to Ireland, Barack Obama and wife Michelle enjoyed a pint of Guinness at a pubu00a0as they visited Moneygall village in Offaly, Ireland, where Obama’s great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney hailed from. Pic/AFP