I am not Irish, but I am Roman Catholic and an American and feel proud of our fallen President Kennedy and pride in the contribution of Americans, like those of Irish decent.

I WAS VERY PRIVILEDGE TO SEE HIM WHEN HE VISITED MY HOMETOWN CORK CITY IRELAND 🇮🇪 IN JUNE 28TH 1963 A MASSIVE CROWD TURNED OUT TO GREET HIM HE WAS SMILING AND WAVING TO THE PEOPLE I WAS STANDING ON THE SOUTH MALL STREET CORK CITY WHEN HE PASSED BY HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO CITY HALL TO MEET THE LORD MAYOR OF CORK CITY SEAN CASEY AND OTHER DIGNITARIES THEN CAME THAT AWFUL DAY IN DALLAS TEXAS U S A FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22ND 1963 WHEN HE WAS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD BY A PERSON OR PERSONS ???? WHO ARE NOT WORTHY OF MENTION A SAD DAY FOR AMERICA 🇺🇸 AND THE WORLD J F K R I P AMEN ❤

As a Paddy who grew up in Dublin in the 80s, I know full well the extent of American friendship - Tip O'Neil for one among many. Thank you USA and thank you JFK. If only our world leaders were as educated now as they were before. We will never forget. Thank you USA

I love the Irish people. And there's a lot of reasons why. The fact that I am Scotch-Irish I promise had no persuasion or impact on my comment. A true Irish man never lies. He might embellish a little in the telling of the tale but never a lie

The “irish Brigade” Kennedy spoke of was led by Thomas Maher whose statue stands proud in front of the state capitol in Helena, Montana. I’m a a Montana native but my soul roams free in Ireland.

Every time I go to Ireland to visit where my great grandparents lived , I always hear about JFK ☘️🌹🙏. I thank my ancestors for handing down the faith . Ave Maria

Being a proud Irish Catholic American watching this Great Irish Catholic American gave me a sense of how proud I am living in this Great country and how I know we can back to the values this Great man was setting way back. All 6 of my children are very aware of this great man!!!

His death had an immeasurable impact on the way the world evolved since.

He was a great man. 🇮🇪🇺🇲

Truly one of the greatest United States of America Presidents.

Today, fifty eight years after this speech was made, we as a nation are painfully aware of how close we have come to loosing our freedom and liberty 🗽. Let us never forget that as JFK said “freedom is not free.”

When I was young,I had a paper route. Went to all the neighbors homes once a week,to collect $. On almost every TV was a picture of this man. Next to him was a photo of Martin Luther King.☘️🥂🚬🇮🇪🖤

That's my great grandfather standing with JFK, the great Sean lemass

Brilliant JFK in a brilliant speech in beautiful inspiring Ireland

The high art of this elegant speaker... And today 😅

That is my grandfather Paddy Hogan Ceann Comhairle, he worked until his 80s He wrote two books The Unmarried Daughter and short stories plus Camps on The Hearthstone. His book The Unmarried Daughter was published in 1922 and was ahead of its time in raising social issues. He was in the Labour party.

The one and only time someone said something worth listening to in Leinster House.........

Just saying I am glad to share Irish heritage on my Mother's side. The family name is Brinson. We also have Scottish and English heritage Berry from Fife and Edinburgh and Cartwright and Markham from England. I spent a wonderful few weeks in beautiful Ireland able to see and feel the history. 😍🤗💚

He seemed very passionate and emotional when reading his speech! I forgot what a great orator he was.

He was truly an inspirational speaker. I love his "we choose to go to the moon" speech at Rice University.

Jack was just the coolest guy. 💖

Kennedy, um verdadeiro estadista. Não falava apenas para o seu país e sim para o mundo.

What a great man.

The world seemed like such a normal place back then

Best ever posted to KZfaq. Thank you!

My guess is that Biden probably watched this speech a few times. Words worth hearing and taking to heart now and forever.

A kingly gift indeed🙏 JFK was never afraid of anything

"For know you the one you mourn is not in that grave, "It was an illusion, the son you love was not really dead... "What you wept for was translated, pass'd from the grave, "The winds favor'd and the sea sail'd it, "And now with rosy and new blood, "Moves to-day in a new country." Old Ireland Walt Whitman Rest in peace President Kennedy.

One of our greatest Presidents---he is still missed!

Thank you for uploading!! Where do you get this stuff?

Look how happy they are to see one of their own little Irish Catholic boys be the president of the United States.

I love u so much JFK

President John F. Kennedy (in his own words). As an adult looking back over the years, I can’t help but come away with an eerie sense of incongruity between the man I hear speaking (President Kennedy) versus the way he is often portrayed in the Mainstream Media. In his speeches, Kennedy comes across as a man of great courage, conviction and intellect. A person who doesn’t seem to have a problem with truth telling. Yet, in the Mainstream Media, they tend characterize him as a man who has problems with indiscretion. I recently re-watched the Zapruder film, and I noticed a different type of incongruity. Look at the film again for yourself. Notice how the film doesn’t actually show the first shot. You know, the shot in the neck. That’s because there was a rather large sign obstructing Zapruder’s field of vision. As the film continues and Kennedy’s limo passes the sign, then you notice right away that the President has already has raised his hands to his neck. Therefore, the first shot had to have been fired during the few seconds when the car was passing the sign. Then, a few seconds later, there’s the second shot that appears to come at an angle instead of head on like the first one. These shots were separated by a matter of seconds. Surely, someone would have notice a shooter changing positions in order to take the second shot. What point am I trying to make you ask? Here it is: Looking back, I cannot accept the “history” surrounding President Kennedy. Specifically, what’s the real story behind the man, John F. Kennedy, and who was responsible for his murder and subsequent coverup? For far too long, these questions and more have been pushed aside by people in government. Yes, by people who were supposed to be working and representing “all the people.” Americans must start taking responsibility, and accountability, for the individuals we “entrust” with enormous power. If we don’t demand it now, when will we? I’ll give my answer to that question. If we don’t demand it now, we’ll be asking/begging for it when it’s, too, late.

Brilliant speaker

Sad he never returned again as he got killed so soon after:(

Great man president Kennedy.

"Erin Go Bragh," JFK.

50 years after an Irishman couldn't get a job in America we had the Presidency that's how far the Irish made it

My great grandad was there which is pretty cool

I seem to have aquired the printed programme of this Dail sitting in my local recycle centre today!

The greatest "if only" in history, alongside Lincoln.

Great Document ... 🤗 thank you very much from Spain... ☀️

Wow…so many such an amazing address… I remain proud of it to this day

AWESOME!!!!

Ohh take me back to old Ireland 🇮🇪

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I just got goosebumps.

I think its worth mentioning that President Kennedy is accompanied into the Dail chamber by Ireland’s greatest ever Taoiseach, Sean Lemass.

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John Robert Bruffett Junior Ireland 🇮🇪 USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸

What a man

Happy Presidents Day, Mr. President!

I heard the first thing he said was.....WHERE IS THE SOVEREIGN SEAL?

If Collins had survived, Ireland's modernisation would have happened much earlier. De Valera was not really a great economic visionary.

Thanks Ireland and America, from American 🇺🇸☕☕☕👽🧬🥈🏆🏆🏆🏆🤔🏆🥈🧬🥈👽🌧️🌧️☕👽☕🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🇺🇸🌧️🌧️🌧️John Robert Bruffett Junior,Bruff Ireland,Las Vegas Nevada USA bruffettusa1 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸☕🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️

All of a sudden I feel like eating terrible food and drinking until I pass out!!

Obscene that we could fall from this to tRump!

Irish America peoples to having America people to been proud of been Irish/ US peoples to having strong familes roots to other European Union families having strong European families roots in America.

An absolutely great man that was JFK, sadly Ireland was most definitely NOT. Not THEN not NOW. Why do you think his great grandfather left in the first place

Unlike trump or modern day presidents,he really could visit any country….and have people eating out of the palm of his hand.

A few months later, he got assinated, by the American establishment. Who are WASPs. 🤔

HISTORY I SAW THE ORIGINAL ON TV AS A KID

Ummm . . . September 17th, 1862 . . . at Antietam, not Fredricksburg, Maryland. What was Sorensen thinking?

No words

Joe Biden’s speech in the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) brought me here. 🇮🇪🇺🇸

And no teleprompter lol 😂

Coming from 1960s America, The DAIL must have looked a stuffy institution filled with white hair and conservative minds.

God bless that glorious Naval Hero and President.

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There were two images on the wall in every house in Ireland, often they were impaled (the heraldic meaning), Jesus and JFK.

Many Irish fought for the South too

📚 An American President following the steps of a great French. General De Gaulle.

Someone gave JFK bad American history to put in his speech ;). Fredericksburg was in December and in Virginia. Sharpsburg, Maryland (better known as the Battle of Antietam Creek) was at least in Maryland, in September (though not the thirteenth) and was the bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War.

His accent sounds different to what I expected it to sound like. It's more British than American, or is it a Mid Atlantic accent like you hear in old movies?

So much missed in current politics today!

when did this aire in 1963? January?

Per aquam et ignem....translated: we are the boys of Wexford. US Navy born.

It was nice to have a president who didn't have to be led around by his wife or the Easter Bunny.

God but that Ceann Comhairle was a first class brown noser😁

What he didn't see was the snake s then .before it was to late..

Fun fact: in an effort to one-up JFK, QE2 knighted his brother Teddy, Sir Ossis of Liver

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Well Jysus I didn’t know he was Irish

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I remember when he went to Ireland. They wenr mental

We of Irish decent who’s rights were denied in our home land salute JFK…let’s not forget that 40 years before this speech big AL Smith had to put up with sectarianism….

Frederick Maryland Fredericksburg Virginia is where the Irish on both sides killed each other.

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Fredericksburg Virginia. That's a gaff President Kennedy.

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Uhh. Fredericksburg, VIRGINIA perhaps. Not Maryland.

Between 1948 and 1973, Ireland actually was an independent, sovereign nation. That ended in 1973, when Ireland joined the EEC and began receiving laws from its new colonial master, Brussels.

Biden’s got nothing on him.

HAD HE LIVED IRELAND WOULD BE FRE TODAY

I WOULD GLADLY ACCEPT HELP FROM THE IRISH PARLIMENT- . WHO WOULDN'T ?? PWW

Not to worry lad, Brexshit will accelerate that liberty. I do believe we have tolerated this shite long enough. When they trigger article 16, we need a referendum on a united Ireland.

Where is this flag today?