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Icons Share Memories of JFK

By IA Staff
November 22, 2013 by 4 Comments

President John F. Kennedy

An excerpt from Seven Seconds, Holly Millea's best-selling e-book in which celebrities and other luminaries share where they were and what they were doing when they found out JFK had been shot. RYAN O’NEAL (22 years old): I had a little baby in my arms and I was going to the unemployment office in my car – it was in the Valley in North Ridge. There were these … [Read more...] about Icons Share Memories of JFK

Kennedy Summer SchoolBegins in New Ross Sept. 12th

By Adam Farley, Editorial Assistant
September 9, 2013

September 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment

This Thursday, the penultimate event of the JFK 50 commemorations in New Ross kick off. From September 12th through the 14th, the Kennedy Summer School, organized in association with the JFK Trust and supported by Fáilte Ireland and Wexford Local Development Limited, aims to bring a collegial tenor to the year’s events. The theme for the Summer School is the changed … [Read more...] about Kennedy Summer SchoolBegins in New Ross Sept. 12th

Did President Kennedy Have Celiac Disease?

By Dr. Peter Green, Contributor

August 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Dr. Peter Green, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, suspects that JFK was the victim of an undiagnosed disease common to the Irish. John F. Kennedy’s long-standing medical problems started in childhood. In Kennedy’s adolescence, gastrointestinal symptoms, weight and growth problems as … [Read more...] about Did President Kennedy Have Celiac Disease?

The American Cousin: Memories of JFK’s Trip to Ireland

June / July 2013

May 15, 2013 by 1 Comment

President Kennedy's motorcade drives through Cork during his 1963 trip to Ireland.

In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy made a series of state visits throughout Europe. To Germany, where he made his famous Ich bin ein Berliner speech; to Italy; to England; and to Ireland, the country his great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy had left in 1848. Dave Powers, assistant and close friend to the president, described JFK’s four days in Ireland as “the happiest of his … [Read more...] about The American Cousin: Memories of JFK’s Trip to Ireland

I’ll Be Back In the Springtime – JFK in Ireland

By Sean Reidy, Contributor
April / May 2013

March 20, 2013 by 1 Comment

Sean Reidy, CEO of the JFK Trust, looks back on President Kennedy’s visit to New Ross in 1963, and forward to celebrations on the 50th anniversary of that visit. "I’ll be back in the springtime” were the last words spoken by President John F. Kennedy before he boarded Air Force One to return to the U.S. after his momentous visit to Ireland in 1963. His desire to return was … [Read more...] about I’ll Be Back In the Springtime – JFK in Ireland

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