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Canadian prime minister heads west to ancestral homeland

Canadian prime minister heads west to ancestral homeland
BBC Northern Ireland Sunday 14 June 2026, 09:57 UTC 1 min read
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Mark Carney will meet his cousins on Sunday in Aughagower - the village his grandparents, Robert and Nora Moran, left when they emigrated to Canada in 1925.

Mark Carney will meet his cousins on Sunday in Aughagower - the village his grandparents, Robert and Nora Moran, left when they emigrated to Canada in 1925.
Canadian (ORG) Mark Carney (PERSON) Aughagower (LOCATION) Robert (PERSON) Nora Moran (PERSON) Canada (LOCATION)
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