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Jackie Kennedy Letters Returned to Kennedys

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
October / November 2014

September 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment

The private letters of Jacqueline Kennedy to an Irish priest caused controversy last May when the Vincentian Fathers at All Hallows College in Dublin announced they were being put up for auction. The letters, written between 1950 and 1965 to Rev. Joseph Leonard, a resident of All Hallows, were subsequently removed from the auction, and their fate had been uncertain until the … [Read more...] about Jackie Kennedy Letters Returned to Kennedys

First Family Photo Album

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

For those thirsty for more on the interior lives of America's royal family, rarely or never seen photographs of the Kennedys are available for downloading or purchase on the web. MPTV has acquired the private collection of late photographer Mark Shaw. Shaw was assigned to do a layout on Jackie for a Life article in 1959 and struck up a friendship with the captivating First … [Read more...] about First Family Photo Album

Jacqueline:
The White House Years

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

To mark the 40th anniversary of her emergence as America's first lady, and explore her enduring global influence on style, Jacqueline Kennedy will be celebrated this September with an unprecedented special exhibition of the original costumes and accessories she wore at state events in America and abroad. "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years" will be presented at the John … [Read more...] about Jacqueline:
The White House Years

Our Jack

By Pete Hamill, Contributor

November 1, 1999 by 3 Comments

Pete Hamill writes on JFK, our Irish American of the CenturySomewhere in the shadowy land between myth and history lies the domicile of John F. Kennedy. The first United States president of Irish-Catholic descent, Kennedy was a man of many faces: war hero, orator, lover, creator, and visionary. He had it all, and it was all taken away, but in the end he gained immortality.That … [Read more...] about Our Jack

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June 30, 1932

On this day, Eamon de Valera abolished the Oath of Allegiance, a provisional aspect in the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. This provisional aspect originally required all members of the Irish parliament to take an oath declaring their allegiance to the King. This date also marked when de Valera withheld land annuities from England.

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