When President Biden visits his household’s ancestral house in Eire this week, he’ll stroll a path trod by many American presidents — a joyful, politically uncomplicated journey that mixes shamrock-sprinkled nostalgia with odes to the enduring bond between the Irish and People.
However first, Mr. Biden should decide his manner via Northern Eire, the place the political panorama is rockier and the recollections darker.
That’s significantly true for a president who’s a proud son of the Emerald Isle,…