Ryan Tubridy and P.J. Lynch – Patrick and the President

Ryan Tubridy, Ireland’s foremost radio and television broadcaster and host of The Late, Late Show, teams up with illustrator P.J. Lynch, Irish Laureate for Children’s Literature, to celebrate their first-ever picture book collaboration, Patrick and the President. Ryan and P.J. will entertain both adults and children with the story of their collaboration and their take on the relationship between Ireland and the US, especially during the Kennedy years.

Patrick and the President is a captivating children’s book about President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 journey to his ancestral home in County Wexford, Ireland. Written by Ryan and illustrated by P.J., Patrick and the President beautifully evokes a seminal moment in Irish American history through the eyes of a young boy.