I want to say a very sincere thank you for this welcome home - it is a wonderful welcome home. It is the place to where I return and where I will always return because it is of Galway that I am.
Michael D. HigginsAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: irish
- Born: April 18, 1941
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