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Bruce Springsteen

On the Prowl for Springsteen’s
Irish Roots

By Megan Smolenyak, Contributor
October / November 2015

October 1, 2015 by 1 Comment

Roots detective Megan Smolenyak explores the National Library of Ireland’s online collection of Catholic parish registers, uncovers entries for ancestors of a few well-know Irish Americans, including Bruce Springsteen, and offers a guide to finding yours. Ancestors of Irish American Celebrities in New Online Catholic Parish Registers The last few years have been kind to those … [Read more...] about On the Prowl for Springsteen’s
Irish Roots

The Boss is Dublin Bound

By Irish America Staff
February / March 2003

February 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Bruce Springsteen's concert in Dublin's outdoor RDS arena next May 31 sold out in less than two hours – that's all 35,000 seats priced at $60 and $75. Rumor has it that Springsteen claims to be Irish on his mother's side! ♦ … [Read more...] about The Boss is Dublin Bound

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May 29, 1917

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, great grandson of Irish immigrants, was born on Tuesday, May 29, 1917, at at his family’s home in Brookline, MA to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was named after his maternal grandfather John “Honeyfitz” Fitzgerald. Often ill as a child and given the last rites 5 times, the first when he was a newborn, he went on to Princeton and Harvard and joined the U.S. Navy in 1941. In the early 1950s he ran for Congress and was elected a Senator from Massachusetts in 1952. In 1960, he defeated Richard Nixon to become the 35th president of the U.S. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Texas. For more information on JFK visit the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.

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