Ballyporeen farm sale has link to Ronald Reagan

For a certain generation, the Tipperary village of Ballyporeen will forever be associated with the visit of another (much less) controversial American president — the late Ronald Reagan.

He visited the village of his ancestors back in 1984, raised a pint of beer in the local pub, was greeted warmly, and then he left.

One of the legacies of that visit was an enduring relationship he maintained with the owners of what became known as the “Ronald Reagan Pub”. It was sold back in 2004, its interior carefully dismantled, and then reassembled by its new owners at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.