In Photos: US Presidents Celebrate St Patrick’s Day

Obama receives a bowl of shamrocks from the Irish prime minister, Brian Cowen, on St Patrick’s Day 2009
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George W Bush and Laura Bush receive a bowl of shamrocks from the Irish prime minister, Bertie Ahern, during a ceremony marking St Patrick’s Day in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in 2004
Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP

Bertie Ahern presents Bill Clinton with a bowl of shamrocks
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