January 26th 09 A great moment To begin and for those interested in finding more about the First Dáil event last week, try www.ancheaddail.com Maith go leor? And for those interested in my reflections on the Barack Obama inauguration read on. Billions of words have probably been written and spoken about the inauguration of Barack Obama. The television coverage drew multitudes around the globe. Since I’ve come back to Ireland everyone asks me “what was it like?” What was it like? It was great. Not just the speeches or the hoopla or the sense of occasion. For me the biggest and most significant aspect of that big and significant event was the people. Some of them were on the train from New York to Washington. Elderly African-American ladies with packed lunches and wooly hats to ward off the cold. Old white guys with Obama badges on their backpacks. Young kids of all ethnic backgrounds. In Ireland there would have been a sing-song. Here there was a quiet undercurrent of excitement. When t