John F. Kennedy in Cork, Ireland, June 28th 1963

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The visit of United States President John F.Kennedy to Cork in June 1963, as part of his tour of Ireland, was one of the biggest events ever staged in the city. Huge crowds gathered in Patrick Street and around City Hall to see the Presidential motorcade.
On 28th June, 1963, Kennedy was awarded the Freedom of Cork City by Lord Mayor Sean Casey at a special meeting of the City Council, in token of our pride that this descendant of Irish emigrants should have been elected to such an exalted office and of our appreciation of his action in coming to visit the country of his ancestors; as a tribute to his unceasing and fruitful work towards the attainment of prosperity and true peace by all the people of the world, and in recognition of the close ties that have always existed between our two countries.

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@seancurtain5285 6 жыл бұрын

I listened to the news of President Kennedy's visit to Ireland on a radio station at the Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines, where I was stationed as a Marine Corps corporal.

@mimma6992 3 жыл бұрын

World would be better with Kennedy Brothers.

@antoman11 15 жыл бұрын

My old man formed part of the honour guard for JFK here in Cork....UP THE REBELS BOY!

@johnanthonyfingleton2954 6 жыл бұрын

I watched from the South Mall that day, then followed him down to the City Hall

@actualideas8078 4 жыл бұрын

Houlmnt age if information. Let’s stop the evil bankers

@kenmcurtin 11 жыл бұрын

Today is the 50th anniversary of his #Cork visit, surprisingly very little commemoration of it

@MapleSyrupPoet 3 жыл бұрын

Very valuable film

@0907oliv 14 жыл бұрын

A truly great Irishman . . . .

@actualideas8078 4 жыл бұрын

He was American you morons.

@christy140 Жыл бұрын

Tit..IRISH MAN .WTF..🤣🤣🤣

@erniepimlott 14 жыл бұрын

Only Joking with ya pal-Cork gave us Irelands greatest son-and in my opinion the true "Uncrowned King of Ireland"-even a Jackeen must concede that much-

@margmckay3257 2 жыл бұрын

What a shame that he didn’t get to see retirement RIP John Fitzgerald Kennedy🧤

@lyndatrones1787 2 жыл бұрын

So sad still...

@Macca-rb5ok 3 жыл бұрын

The hero returns home.

@xodus8077 5 жыл бұрын

A flawed martyr for humanity..

@jackkenefick2696 2 жыл бұрын

we are all flawed

@jeffhegarty 14 жыл бұрын

@irishgeal1 Interesting story behind this. The 6 counties PM Terence O'Neill hoped to invite JFK to the North to see the NATO military contributions there, and when Harold Macmillan found out, he give his Unionist counterpart absolute hell for it. As ridiculous as this sounds, the only person a Tory mistrusts more than an Irish republican is a Unionist. With regards Irish WW2 service, more British military personnel (my grandad included) came from the Republic than the North.

@kieransavage3835 3 жыл бұрын

Yet the Republic of Ireland stayed neutral to the evils of Natzism although many Irishmen volunteered,

@jeffhegarty 3 жыл бұрын

@@kieransavage3835 It's generally thought that Irish neutrality was to the overall benefit of the Allied cause

@jimmurray9032 2 жыл бұрын

@@kieransavage3835 they risked. A new civil. War. The. Tans and their. Doings were. Just. 19 years. Before

@marlkarx1757 2 жыл бұрын

@@kieransavage3835 so did the UK. The UK was only defending itself. As a world power it had the opportunity to opposé the fascists starting in Spain, but tacitly supported them instead.

@subadrasankaran4148 Жыл бұрын

From india

@antoman11 14 жыл бұрын

Papapang and an O Shea at that is most most welcome here.

@subadrasankaran4148 Жыл бұрын

Very sad to see him

@johnanthonyfingleton2954 6 жыл бұрын

The Irish Lad I could only glimpse the Motorcade, As it travelled quickly past; I was caught up in the swirling crowd, And blocked by a big fat lady’s ass. I managed just to see his head, That months later would explode, When evil men set out to kill - But that day the Irish Lad was home. I ran fast past the moving crowd, Down to the City Hall, And watched him mount the marble steps, Then turn to speak to all. He had this odd gesture, Where he used his hand to brush his hair back like a comb, Months later it would be soaked in blood - But that day the Irish Lad was home.