A Kennedy family reunion will take place in Wexford, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of President John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland. The event, which is part of The Gathering, is expected to be led by the President’s daughter Caroline Kennedy.
The main event will be the lighting of an eternal flame adjacent to the Dunbrody famine ship, in New Ross. This event, on June 22nd, will be attended by Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda Kenny.
This eternal flame will be brought from President Kennedy’s gravesite, at Arlington Cemetery, in Virginia. It will be lit on JFK’s birthday, May 29th, and transported to Ireland, the Irish Times reports.
During the reunion an upgraded Kennedy Homestead will be reopened, along with a new boardwalk in the town of New Ross.
The organizing committee will be given between $17,300 and $19,900 in funding from insurers IPB and The Gathering, through Ireland’s Department of Tourism. This funding is part of the overall $2.6 million investment being made in The Gathering.
Some 1,322 events are taking place around Ireland in 2013 as part of the tourism initiative. These include 82 county flagship events and 1,240 smaller local community events.
For more news on the Gathering and various events around Ireland click here.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.falconflash | Jan 19, 2013, 11:23 PM EST
seanie, Hillary was trying to contact the dead Eleanor when she was an adult is the way I heard it.
seanomelb | Jan 19, 2013, 10:57 PM EST
Hillary was 15 when eleanor died stupid
falconflash | Jan 19, 2013, 07:36 PM EST
Maybe, but that beats Hillary Clinton having a seance with Eleanor Roosevelt, no?
seanomelb | Jan 19, 2013, 06:06 PM EST
I wonder if Reagan consulted his wife' crystal ball before he made appointments
IrelandNorth | Jan 19, 2013, 01:53 PM EST
Was sent to boarding school in New Ross 7 years after his visit as a 12 yr old. A sense of mourning hung over the town then still. Recall a paternal aunt from neighbouring Co Waterford taking me out to see the JFK Arboretum nearby of a weekend day out. Despite his inevitable human imperfection like us all, he still commands a certain respect all these years later. Ár dhéis Deí go raibh a h'ánam/May his soul rest on the right hand side of God!
TheaterFan | Jan 19, 2013, 01:29 PM EST
The above photograph was not taken during JFK's Irish trip. It was taken on the day he was killed. This is in poor taste (not to mention lazy journalism) to use this photo. Surely there are plenty of pictures available from the Irish trip.
TheaterFan | Jan 19, 2013, 01:24 PM EST
Planning a trip to Ireland this year..have to make decisions about time and where and for how long...
Maureen15 | Jan 19, 2013, 11:19 AM EST
There won't be a dry eye in the house. How wonderful this will be. I so wish I could go.
Searlit | Jan 19, 2013, 10:40 AM EST
If I can work it out, I going.