Barack Obama visits Ireland – in pictures

The Obamas arrive in Dublin Photograph: Julien Behal/PA

The Obamas disembark from Air Force One at Dublin airport Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

The Obamas are greeted by the US ambassador and other officials Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Barack Obama steps from his limousine as he arrives at the home President Mary McAleese Photograph: Paul Faith/PA

Barack Obama plants a tree while schoolchildren ring the peace bell in the company of the Irish president, Mary McAleese, and her husband at her official residence in Dublin Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP

Michelle and Barack Obamas walk with Mary McAleese and husband, Martin, at the presidential residence in Dublin Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP

The signatures of the Obamas in the visitor's book at Áras an Uachtaráin, the presidential residence in Dublin Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Barack Obama shakes hands with the taoiseach, Enda Kenny, at Farmleigh House in Dublin Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

People line up at a security check in Dublin before a concert to be attended by the US president Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Obama shakes hands with Prime Minister Kenny Photograph: Larry Downing/Reuters

Obama grips a camán, an Irish hurling stick, as Kenny looks on following a meeting at Farmleigh in Dublin Photograph: Maxwells/AFP/Getty Images

Barack and Michele Obama drink Guinness as they meet with local residents at Ollie Hayes pub Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP