An 8-year-old girl wrote to JFK in 1961 worried Russia would bomb the North Pole. Here's what he wrote back
“You must not worry about Santa Claus,” President Kennedy told the young girl on 28 October 1961.
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“You must not worry about Santa Claus,” President Kennedy told the young girl on 28 October 1961.
The new exhibition opens later this month.
Trump repeated a tabloid claim that Rafael Cruz handed out leaflets with Lee Harvey Oswald
Ben Bradlee, who edited the Washington Post for 23 years, has died.
The letters, which will be sold in June, contain details of her engagement to John F Kennedy and his assassination.
On Christmas Eve 50 years ago, the New York International Airport paid a poignant tribute to the fallen US president.
In Dublin, the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore laid a wreath at the US Embassy in Ballsbridge where the American flag was lowered to half mast.
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death, Enda Kenny picks the former US president’s 1963 address to Leinster House as his favourite speech.
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death, Micheál Martin picks the former US president’s 1962 address to students at Rice University in Texas.
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The assassination 50 years ago unfolded in real time in people’s homes as coverage went on uninterrupted for days.
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The Kennedys have divided opinion in both Ireland and the US for six decades – and continue to fascinate us. Larry Donnelly examines Irish and Irish American perspectives on this remarkable family.
The US Secretary of State has been sharing his thoughts on the Kennedy visit, 50 years on.
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland, the Taoiseach described the relationship between Ireland and America as being one of “hope and history”.
The only surviving daughter of US President John F Kennedy, Caroline, and his grandchildren will be in New Ross today for the celebrations.
As part of the JFK 50 celebrations, the Kennedy family have allowed a flame to be taken from the US president’s grave in Arlington, the first time this has ever happened.
The two stamps feature pictures taken during the President’s historic four-day visit to Ireland in 1963.
John Murphy from Co Wexford has been identified as the seven-year-old boy with no front teeth in the picture.
The National Library of Ireland is trying to identify the boy for an upcoming JFK Homecoming exhibition.
Irish dancer Michael Flatley will also make an appearance as well as some of Kennedy’s relatives.
The owners of Supermacs have announced plans for a €6 million plaza at the ancestral home of the US President.
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The former US senator ran against Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election but was soundly beaten.
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Bill Cullen picks JFK’s 1963 address to Leinster House.
It has been 50 years since the late JFK visited Ireland – so his ancestral home of Wexford has unveiled a year of events to mark the historic occasion.
The ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ speech became one of the US president’s most famous addresses.
No cause of death has been released but it is believed the wife of the nephew of John F Kennedy killed herself.
Political powerhouses who like to think they have women falling at their feet (and some actually did).
In a speech at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government last night, Taoiseach Enda Kenny described the bailout as “a bleak midwinter” – but said Ireland is now about recovery and opportunity.
“I wish to God there was something I could do,” the newly-sworn in President Johnson tells JFK’s mother Rose Kennedy.
Reports indicate that the grandson of Robert Kennedy may run for Congress, ending what has been an unusual period without any Kennedys in national office.
The Irish actress has joined an appeal for funding to preserve the film institute’s historic archive.
The audio recordings and new book about the former first lady reveal her thoughts on everything from world leaders to her husband’s inner Irish circle.
Massive tech project brings documents, photographs, recordings of telephone conversations and other artefacts relating to John F Kennedy to the online public.