HIS IRISH ROOTS RONALD REAGAN Typed Letter Signed as Preside

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HIS IRISH ROOTS RONALD REAGAN. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to George Sullivan, mentioning his two prior visits to Ireland, attesting to the country's beauty, and hoping to make a third trip to the home of his grandfather. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery; horizontal folds. With the original envelope. Washington, 5 January 1982

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"I've only made two trips to Ireland. One was very brief in 1948 to appear in behalf of the Catholic Actors Charity; the other in 1972 was in behalf of the President of the United States. . . . [W]e overnighted at Dromoland Castle and spent half a day at Cashel Rock.

". . . [W]e saw enough to know the beauty of Ireland. I very much hope I can make a third trip and, when I do, it will include a visit to Ballyporeen in County Tipperary. I've learned that was the home of my great grandfather who left there to come to America."

WITH--Letter from Reagan's Director of Media Relations and Planning Karna Small to George Sullivan explaining why the president's response was delayed and wishing him luck on his article. 1 page, 8vo, White House stationery. Washington, 6 January 1982.

Reagan's paternal grandfather, Michael Reagan, was born in Ballyporeen, County Tipperary. Reagan visited Ballyporeen in early June of 1984, when he said to the press gathered there: "[T]hanks to . . . the efforts of good people who have dug into the history of a poor immigrant family, I know at last whence I came. And this has given my soul a new contentment."