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Ryan Tubridy. JFK in Ireland: Four Days that Changed a President
JFK
Contents
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE The Kennedys: From Poverty to Power
The Fitzgerald connection
CHAPTER TWO The Kennedys Come Home, 1930s–1950s
JFK’s first visit to Ireland, 1945
The Congressman in Dunganstown, 1947
The Senator in Dublin, 1955
Winning the White House
CHAPTER THREE Wooing the President
Making the first moves
Finding a reason to visit
A game of diplomacy
The news breaks
CHAPTER FOUR Planning the Visit
The issue of Partition
CHAPTER FIVE The European Tour Begins
CHAPTER SIX Arriving in Dublin
Cold and civil: two wars collide
A Dublin city welcome
CHAPTER SEVEN New Ross
Landing in O’Kennedy Park
On the quay at New Ross
CHAPTER EIGHT Dunganstown
CHAPTER NINE Wexford Harbour
CHAPTER TEN The Garden Party
CHAPTER ELEVEN Iveagh House
CHAPTER TWELVE Cork
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Arbour Hill
Arms and the men: Arbour Hill
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Leinster House
Poetry and prose
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Dublin Castle
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Last Supper
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Galway
Eyre Square
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Limerick
Limerick’s First Lady
CHAPTER NINETEEN Shannon Airport
CHAPTER TWENTY The Road to Dallas
Thank–you letters
The event that shocked the world
CHAPTER TWENTY–ONE JFK in Ireland: The Legacy
NOTES. Prologue
The Kennedys: From Poverty to Power
The Kennedys Come Home, 19308—19508
Wooing the President
Planning the Visit
The European Tour Begins
Arriving in Dublin
New Ross
Danganstown
Wexford Harbour
The Garden Party
Iveagh House
Cork
Arbour Hill
Leinster House
Dublin Castle
The Last Supper
Galway
Limerick
Shannon Airport
The Road to Dallas
JFK in Ireland: The Legacy
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PICTURE CREDITS
Copyright
About the Publisher
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FOUR DAYS THAT CHANGED A PRESIDENT
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During JFK’s successful race for Congress in 1946 there had been several campaign parties at which Kennedy’s favourite Irish songs were sung: songs such as “Macushla”, “Danny Boy” and “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”.25 His sense of Irishness was emerging strongly at this point, as evidenced by a holiday he took in the old country in September 1947 with the purpose of exploring his roots.
Before leaving America, the young Congressman made calls to track down some of his family connections in Ireland. One of these was to his aunt Loretta Kennedy Connelly, who happily obliged with directions for New Ross in County Wexford, a short trip away from where Kennedy would be staying. He went on to get a guidebook which came with a map, and that map is peppered with the letter ‘X’ beside places that interested him.26 He was eager to get to know the old country and investigate his family’s history there.
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