Mike Burns reports for RTÉ News from the farmyard in Dunganstown, Co. Wexford, where President Kennedy had taken tea with his Irish relatives.
He smiled, he joked, and that is how the people of Dunganstown want to remember him.
On this rainy day, two days after his assassination, the people of Dunganstown travelled for a special mass to the parish church St Brigid’s at Ballykelly, where the president’s great-grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, went to mass before he emigrated to America.
The report includes a clip from the mass, which was attended by the president’s relatives Mary Ryan and Jim Kennedy, and the people leaving the church.
| Title: | Mass in Dunganstown for President Kennedy |
| Clip Duration: | 00:02:22 |
| Material Type: | Video |
| Clip Title: | "He smiled, he joked" |
| Series Title: | RTÉ News |
| Information: | A RTÉ News report on reaction to the death of President Kennedy in Dunganstown, Co. Wexford. This report was broadcast on 24 November 1963. |
| Local Keywords: | President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, JFK, Dunganstown, St Brigid's Church, Ballykelly, Wexford, Patrick Kennedy, Mary Ryan, Jim Kennedy |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | News |
| Topic: | Politics and Economics |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Mike Burns (Reporter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | Telefís Éireann |
| Production Year: | 1963 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | N702/00063 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Colour: | Black and White |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Language: | English (eng) |
| Original Language: | English (eng) |
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