JFK VISITS GALWAY & BIDS IRELAND FAREWELL AT SHANNON
Galway (JFK+50) President John F. Kennedy arrived here in Galway 55 years ago today, June 29, 1963. The President was greeted by 320 children from the Convent of Mercy School. The children, dressed in green, white and gold sang "Galway Bay" for President Kennedy.
JFK bade farewell at Shannon Airport where he spoke from his heart...
"Last night somebody sang a song...'Come back to Erin....come back aroun' to the land of thy birth. Come back with the shamrock in the springtime....'
This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime."
SOURCE
"One of Ourselves, JFK in Ireland" by James Robert Carroll (2003)
Galway (JFK+50) President John F. Kennedy arrived here in Galway 55 years ago today, June 29, 1963. The President was greeted by 320 children from the Convent of Mercy School. The children, dressed in green, white and gold sang "Galway Bay" for President Kennedy.
Later, speaking at Eyre Square, now John F. Kennedy Memorial Park, JFK said..."If the day was clear enough and if you went down to the bay and looked west and your sight was good enough, you would see Boston, Massachusetts."
JFK bade farewell at Shannon Airport where he spoke from his heart...
"Last night somebody sang a song...'Come back to Erin....come back aroun' to the land of thy birth. Come back with the shamrock in the springtime....'
This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime."
SOURCE
"One of Ourselves, JFK in Ireland" by James Robert Carroll (2003)
John F. Kennedy Memorial Park Marker
Galway, Ireland
