In 1963, US President John F. Kennedy visited New Ross, and his family’s ancestral homeplace in Dunganstown.

Only an hour ago, CR’s Video Vaults, an account full of interesting TV footage from years gone by, has uploaded footage of JFK’s speech made on the quayside in New Ross on June 27th, 1963.

You can watch that speech here:

You can see more footage of the town of New Ross and of President Kennedy’s visit in this video: