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- He would never see 'Old Shannon’s' face again, but also he would never be forgotten by those who witnessed his visit.
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Jun 26, 2024 · JFK would never "see Old Shannon’s face again," but he would also never be forgotten by those who witnessed his visit to Ireland in June 1963.
- Niall O'dowd
Jun 26, 2019 · Sadly, he would never return, nor see old Shannon’s face again, as months later he was assassinated in Dallas. But the impact of his visit still resonates with Irish people. Kennedy helped to publicise and legitimise the strong link between America and Ireland which still exists to this day.
- Harry Brent
Jun 13, 2023 · Upon completing the poem, Kennedy said: “Well, 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." JFK is kissed by his Irish cousin Mary Ryan during his visit in Dunganstown.
- Fiona Audley
At Shannon airport he quoted some lines from a poem, given to him by Ban DeValera about seeing old Shannon’s face. During his speech he said how much he had enjoyed his visit and that he would return to see old Shannon’s face again in the Spring.
In his farewell address he quotes lines from a poem Sinéad de Valera had mentioned the previous night and states that he will return to see “old Shannon’s face again”. President Kennedy...
Nov 19, 2019 · Before departing from Shannon airport, JFK promised that he would one day return to Ireland, “I am going to come back and see old Shannon’s face again”. Sadly, it was a promise that he would prove unable to keep.
Jul 1, 2017 · He would never see Old Shannon’s face again, but also he would never be forgotten by those who witnessed his visit. The emigrant and exile had returned home to a tiny country that...