Ray O'Hanlon on his book about how US door was unintentionally closed to the Irish David Roy chats to Irish American journalist and author Ray O'Hanlon about his new book Unintended Consequences: The story of Irish immigration to the US and how America's door was closed to the Irish... President John F Kennedy during his 1963 visit to New Ross, Co Wexford Journalist and author Ray O'Hanlon has lived and worked in America for over 30 years "I AM going to come back and see old Shannon's face again, and I am taking, as I go back to America, all of you with me." These were John F Kennedy's parting words to the Irish at Shannon Airport in June 1963, as the most powerful Irish American in history concluded his presidential visit to his ancestral homeland.