JFK Comes Home - 1960s Ireland Prepares for President Kennedy's Visit (1963)

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On this day in 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated whilst campaigning in Dallas. Just five months earlier, Kennedy had made a historic visit to Ireland where he visited Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick in the footseteps of his ancestors. Here ITN's Julian Haviland travels around the Emerald Isle as locals gear up for the presidential visit, exploring why Ireland is still such a source of fascination for Americans.

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