THIS WEEK MARKS the 50th anniversary of the visit by American president John F Kennedy to Ireland in 1963.
During his visit, JFK visited his ancestral hometwon of Dunganstown, Co Wexford. The Taoiseach Enda Kenny spoke from the location ahead of the anniversary date, saying that President Kennedy’s preoccupations – hunger, malnutrition, war, peace – remain priorities today”.
Caroline Kennedy, JFK’s daughter, and Jean Kennedy-Smith, JFK’s sister and a former ambassador to Ireland, attended a ceremony in New Ross, which also served as the launch of a major new permanent exhibition on Kennedy’s presidency
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