Kennedy Homestead

The birthplace of President John.F.Kennedy's great- grandfather is about 6km from New Ross. Patrick Kennedy was born here in 1823. The birthplace of President John.F.Kennedy's great- grandfather is about 6km from New Ross. Patrick Kennedy was born here in 1823. Patrick left in 1848. They had three daughters and a son called Patrick Joseph or P.J. Later she became the owner of this shop. to become the owner of two saloons. He married Mary Hickey and he became very wealthy. They had a son called Joseph who also became very rich. He married Rose Fiztgerald and became ambassador to the U.K. Kennedy became President of the U.S. in 1961.

The Kennedy homestead is a one-storey house.The only bit that is left of the house is the stables. Patrick Grennan,a cousin of JFK, is the owner and tour guide. "During the day they used a dry toilet in a little building usually away from the dwelling house. "On June 27th 1963 President Kennedy and his family came back to his ancestral home. If he lifted this phone it meant that a nuclear war was starting .When he got there he said, ""We drink a cup of tea for the Kennedys who left and the Kennedys who stayed"".He also said to Mrs.Ryan that he ""would come back again when there was not such a big crowd."" The old house of Patrick Kennedy is now a two-storey house with a porch. This porch was built on to use for toilets during the President's visit. His final farewell to Ireland was ""I will come back in the Spring."" He never made that journey back to Ireland because he was shot at around 12.30p.m in Dallas,Texas on November 22nd 1963. It was exactly 105 years to the day that his great-grand father,Patrick Kennedy from Dunganstown, passed away-the man who started the Kennedy dynasty."

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