Limerick’s spirit lifted by leaders
Alan Condell describes the time his mother Frances, then mayor, insisted JFK visit Limerick
Watching the president’s back
Pat Poland remembers the day he and his comrades in the AFS were tasked with protecting the president
He sang ‘Boys of Wexford’ with us
Victor Furness was one of 600 children chosen to sing for JFK in New Ross – and among 21 selected to sing ‘The Boys of Wexford’ on the ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ a year after his death
Mandatory family viewing
Holiday movies with a difference on Kennedy’s return to Hyannis Port after his trip of a lifetime
Catching history on camera
Godfrey Graham filmed the visit for RTÉ in his first assignment as a cameraman and he recalls the electricity generated between JFK and the Irish people because they could indentify with each other
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