The Irish are known for their hospitality, but this pretty much takes the cake:
U.S. soldiers were given a true Irish welcome at a wedding in Co Clare this week.
The 300 troops were stranded in Shannon last weekend after their Iraq-bound plane was grounded.
As luck would have it, they were booked into the same hotel as the wedding party for Amelia Walsh and Sean OโNeill.
And so the 300 troops were invited to join the festivities at the Clare Inn in Newmarket-on-Fergus.
The groomโs uncle, Joe OโNeill said: โIt didnโt take long before the combat fatigues were manoeuvring to the strains of โThe Walls of Limerickโ.โ
The happy couple posed for pictures with the troops earlier in the day and Eamon Walsh, the father of the bride, said the couple were โproudโ to have the soldiers at their function.
Walsh said the couple invited the men in so they could experience an Irish wedding.
โThey behaved in an exemplary manner at all times and if our troops behaved in the same way when they are on peacekeeping duties, I would be very proud,โ he said.
Irish columnist Kevin Meyers also has a column about the incident saluting American heroism thatโs well worth reading.






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