A 14-year-old boy from Cork, who was taken from a crowd and cuddled by Barack Obama in Co Offaly in 2011, has been invited to meet the former US president during his visit to Ireland this week.
Jamie Nolan was five weeks old when he was handed to Mr Obama in Moneygall, his ancestral home.
He was later christened James John Barack Nolan after the encounter.
Jamie will travel to Dublin tomorrow to meet Mr Obama ahead of an event in 3Arena where the former US president will be interviewed in front of a live audience by The Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole.
The teenager, who recently won the Fleadh Ceoil, says there are some nerves around meeting Mr Obama, describing it as a second in a lifetime opportunity in his case.
He says he is particularly looking forward to seeing the former US president's face when he tells him about his middle name.
Jamie‘s parents, Brian and Caroline, will also meet Mr Obama tomorrow.
They say they are hoping to present him with a pen made by Jamie’s grandmother from bog oak from just outside Moneygall.
They say they are delighted that their son will have memories of meeting Mr Obama because he was too young to remember their first encounter.
