JFK: From Whence I Came
In New Ross, the home of his ancestors, memories of John Fitzgerald Kennedy are still cherished and his legacy will never be forgotten, writes Brian Murphy, co-editor of the newly published From Whence I Came – The Kennedy Legacy, Ireland and America.
Halfway down the quayside plaza in New Ross, Co. Wexford, stands a simple cast bronze podium (pictured), which has become one of the most popular and photographed tourist attractions in the south-east of Ireland.
To the south of the podium is the Emigrant Flame, a permanent tribute to the one million people forced to flee Ireland during the Great Famine. The New Ross Emigrant Flame was lit from a flame taken from the Eternal Flame at the graveside of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington DC.