Poor Ireland. O’Bama will spew the usual malarkey.

(Press Association) — US President Barack Obama will visit his ancestral home and follow in the steps of some of his predecessors when he touches down in Ireland on Monday.

Security is expected to be tight during Obama’s public events in the village of Moneygall, Co Offaly, and again at an open air rally in Dublin city centre.

Access will not be restricted to the free concert and presidential address on College Green but those attending will be screened.

Obama will speak to a crowd of thousands at the same College Green location where President Bill Clinton wooed onlookers in 1995.

It will be attended by the US President’s wife Michelle and Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

The set-piece occasion will follow a whistle-stop trip to his ancestral home of Moneygall, Co Offaly, where up to 2000 people are expected to descend upon the village for his 45-minute drop-in.