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A brief history of New Ross and its brush with JFK

Broadcasting from New Ross, Pat is joined by local historian and walking tour guide Miles Courtne...

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12.00 29 Aug 2026


A brief history of New Ross and its brush with JFK


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12.00 29 Aug 2026


Broadcasting from New Ross, Pat is joined by local historian and walking tour guide Miles Courtney for a whistle-stop tour of the town’s surprisingly deep past & Honorary JFK Summer School president Willie Keelty shares a vivid childhood memory of welcoming President Kennedy in 1963 and how seven minutes on the quayside changed the town forever.


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