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7. Proud to be Irish American!

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 03:50 PM

Jan 2015

Ireland!

Message. to Ireland:

Céad Míle Fáilte to the Irish people: America loves the Irish.

There are many of us living here in America (last count was close to 50 million persons!!) and we have fought hard and worked even harder to make America the country that it is.

JFK is an example of just one fine Irishman!

& recommend!!

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John F. Kennedy in New Ross and Wexford, Ireland: June 27, 1963 [View all] Octafish Jan 2015 OP

That seems almost like another world. zeemike Jan 2015 #1

JFK battled Wall Street and Big Business Octafish Jan 2015 #2

And he would have been re elected no doubt. zeemike Jan 2015 #4

Here's a transcript of that speech June, 1963... MrMickeysMom Jan 2015 #3

I'm not Irish, but I wish I were. Those words make me very proud of Ireland, its people and the USA. Octafish Jan 2015 #5

You are hereby knighted as an honoray Irishman/Irishwoman CountAllVotes Jan 2015 #8

Thank you, CountAllVotes! Octafish Jan 2015 #13

You are very welcome! CountAllVotes Jan 2015 #16

JFK was receiving death threats during that trip too .. MinM Jan 2015 #6

Incredible. Octafish Jan 2015 #14

Proud to be Irish American! CountAllVotes Jan 2015 #7

I love the story about the photo of the White House being sent back to neighbors in Ireland midnight Jan 2015 #9

I love President Kennedy and always will. montana_hazeleyes Jan 2015 #10

Yes, I'll sadly 2nd this remark...oh, I remember him so well... drynberg Jan 2015 #12

I've been to New Ross twice. It's a lovely little town with their fair share of immigrants. mackerel Jan 2015 #11

I read where he told his best friend, Dave Powers, that this was best time of his life. Boomerproud Jan 2015 #15