Edward Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a totally new proposal here today. It is to develop an American Presidents' trail, linking all the ancestral homes of US Presidents. There have been a huge number of US Presidents, whose ancestors came from this island, North and South. It would also be a way of linking Northern Ireland with southern Ireland in a cohesive way through tourism.

As I say, many US Presidents have their ancestral homes here. This is an opportunity and it could be something along the lines of the Wild Atlantic Way that would develop tourism, clearly aimed primarily at American tourists but other tourists as well. It would be a huge attraction for US visitors, especially those with Irish links.

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