Ballina and Carlingford can claim Joe Biden and DoonbegDonald Trump but Doonloughan in Connemara can join an illustrious list of famous Irish ancestral homes linked to the US presidential election.
CNN news anchor John King, one of the media stars of the US election coverage thanks to his magic wall interactive election map that mesmerised Irish viewers, revealed his Irish roots in an early Sunday morning tweet.
It begins in Doonloughan, and a visit is long overdue, he replied to Sunday World journalist Kevin Palmer who tweeted at him: About time we got your Irish story down in print John.
Tourism Ireland chief executive Niall Gibbons was among the folks replying to Kings tweet.
We will have the green carpet ready for you, Gibbons responded.
King, a proud Irish American raised in the Irish neighbourhood of Dorchester, Massachusetts, left few in doubt about his ancestry during the prolonged and traumatising election count after Lisa McGee, the screenwriter of comedy hit Derry Girls, tweeted: Is @JohnKingCNN Irish yet?
Always, the 59-year-old broadcast journalist responded.
Helping to put down his Irish story, King shared details of his familys Irish ties back to Connemara with The Irish Times.
