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Mary Lenihan

Hibernia: Irish America

By Tom Deignan

December/ January 2021

September 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Kennedy History UnearthedFrom New York City to Limerick, we continue to discover more and more about Irish America’s famed Kennedy clan.According to the Irish Independent, a “crumbling stone ruin of a cottage belonging to John F. Kennedy’s ancestors was unearthed” in Bruff, Limerick, by workers clearing way for a new path. “The farmhouse was the residence of Mary Lenihan – one … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Irish America

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