Homecoming - JFK in Ireland

Discover the cultural and political significance of JFK’s 1963 visit to Ireland

2023 marks the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s visit to Ireland, the first by a serving US president. To commemorate this pivotal moment in Irish-American relations, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, are proud to present Homecoming: JKF in Ireland.This temporary exhibition invites visitors to step back in time to 1963, and reflect on the atmosphere and impact of a momentous journey. JFK’s four-day visit strengthened ties between two nations and ushered in a new era of optimism in a changing Ireland. Archival material including photographs and film footage will allow visitors to revisit the past through the eyes of the many thousands of people who lined the streets of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford, welcoming home a descendant of Famine emigrants whose story defied all odds.

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