BELFAST, Northern Ireland — President Biden wound down his trip to Ireland on Friday, making stops at places resonant to his Catholic faith and emotional to him as a father.
Thousands of people stood along the River Moy in Ballina on Friday night, for the chance to see Mr. Biden as he visited St. Muredach’s Cathedral on the river’s banks. Mr. Biden’s great-great-great-grandfather, Edward Blewitt, made the bricks that were used to construct the pillars supporting the building’s nave.
The last day of his trip included a stop at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock, a sacred shrine for Roman Catholics. He was told by a priest there that a friar who had administered last rites to his eldest son, Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 2015, was living in Knock. The president broke down in tears in a subsequent meeting with the friar, Frank O’Grady.
On Wednesday, President Biden hailed 25 years of relative peace in Northern Ireland in a speech at a Belfast university, urging political leaders to embrace economic possibilities and turn away from violence.
“No matter what divides us, if we look hard enough, there are always areas that are going to bring us together,” Mr. Biden told a small audience at Ulster University in Belfast. “Standing for peace, rejecting political violence must be one of those things.”
The brief stop in Belfast on Wednesday included a short meeting with Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister. On Thursday, he met with the president and prime minister of Ireland.
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Friday
Mr. Biden visiting the North Mayo Heritage and Genealogical Centre’s Family History Research Unit in County Mayo on Friday.
Marine One, the presidential helicopter, carrying Mr. Biden over County Mayo.
Mr. Biden standing with his son Hunter Biden and sister, Valerie Biden Owens, second from right, while looking at a plaque dedicated to his late son, Beau Biden, at Mayo Roscommon Hospice in County Mayo.
People lined the streets with a “Welcome Home Joe” sign as Mr. Biden passed by, en route to tour the basilica at the Knock Shrine in County Mayo.
Mr. Biden touring the basilica in Knock.
Thursday
President Biden speaking at the Irish Parliament on Thursday in Dublin.
Mr. Biden departing the chamber after addressing Ireland’s Parliament.
Mr. Biden before meeting with President Michael Higgins in Dublin.
Mr. Biden with Mr. Higgins.
Mr. Biden reviewing Irish troops in Dublin.
Ringing the Peace Bell, which symbolizes reconciliation after Ireland’s decades-long conflict known as the Troubles.
Mr. Biden meeting with Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar.
Wednesday
Mr. Biden touring Carlingford Castle in County Louth, Ireland.
Mr. Biden speaking to children after arriving at Dublin International Airport.
Speaking about the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement at Ulster University in Belfast.
Mr. Biden meeting with the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, in Belfast.
Mr. Biden at Ulster University.
Crowds outside the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast as Mr. Biden met with Mr. Sunak.
Tuesday
Mr. Biden disembarking from Air Force One after arriving at R.A.F. Aldergrove, an air base near Belfast.
Mr. Biden was greeted by the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, left, and the American ambassador to Britain, Jane Hartley.
