Editing College Green, Dublin (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Crowd at College Green waits for Barack Obama.jpg|thumb|Crowds gather on College Green to see U.S. President Barack Obama in 2011.]]
College Green is commemorated in [[Francis Wheatley (painter)|Francis Wheatley]]'s painting ''Dublin Volunteers on College Green'', which shows the [[Irish Volunteers (18th century)|Irish Volunteers]] demonstrating for independence on 4 November 1779.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Nation of Politicians|first=Padhraig|last=Higgins|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|year=2010|page=178|isbn=978-0-299-23333-4}}</ref>

[[Bill Clinton]], the [[President of the United States]] visited Dublin in December 1995 and gave a speech in College Green to 80,000 people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/1101/828356-president-clinton-meets-the-people/|title=The Clintons At College Green|work=RTE|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429155654/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/1101/828356-president-clinton-meets-the-people/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2011, President [[Barack Obama]] gave a speech at College Green in front of 100,000. During the speech, he praised Ireland for its economic opportunities, and said he was proud of his [[Moneygall]] heritage.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carty|first1=Ed|last2=Stack|first2=Sarah|date=23 May 2011|title=Obama of the 'Moneygall' Obamas wows thousands in College Green|newspaper=Irish Independent|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/obama-of-the-moneygall-obamas-wows-thousands-in-college-green-26735566.html|access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref>