Watching the president’s back

Pat Poland remembers the day he and his comrades in the AFS were tasked with protecting the president


He sang ‘Boys of Wexford’ with us

Victor Furness was one of 600 children chosen to sing for JFK in New Ross – and among 21 selected to sing ‘The Boys of Wexford’ on the ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ a year after his death


Mandatory family viewing

Holiday movies with a difference on Kennedy’s return to Hyannis Port after his trip of a lifetime



Catching history on camera

Godfrey Graham filmed the visit for RTÉ in his first assignment as a cameraman and he recalls the electricity generated between JFK and the Irish people because they could indentify with each other





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