European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse New Ron Lakei Pride in 98 Monument. By John Krueger is London Bureau of. New roil population 4,643, la near farm Kennedy Kin left in 1848. & to Lii Irish lire getting ready to Roll out the Green Marpet Tor president Kennedy when he comes in june. He s assured of n great Welcome snid an Irish tourist Board spokesman. Eve the 10 a Lions listed in the Dublin Telephone directory will probably turn out along with the two pages of Kennedy. He added that a helicopter would Botthe president s disposal for his hops about the of these hops seems certain to be to county Wexford. Seat of the Kennedy wait from a 32-acre farm not fur from the Village of new Ross that Patrick Ken Nedy great great Grandfather of the presi Dent emigrated to Boston in 1r4h.mr. Kennedy last visited there in 1947. He was then a congressman from Massachusetts and it tins been pointed out the visit was quiet and received Little publicity. But since then the Kennedy name has become Mulc. Brother Ted. Massachusetts senator was surrounded by smiling cousins on his last visit to new Kennedy a third Cousin of the White House Branch led a torchlight pro cession of 2,000 through new Ross on the president s inauguration Day in 196l Farmer Joe raised the american Flag on the quayside from which the Toudor of the new world dynasty set sail 115 years ago. Ireland was then in the midst of Host and the Loul Kennedy have nude their own comeback Slect then. Irish eyes Are again smiling in the town 96 Miles South of Dublin. Last reported popu lation was 4,643. One of the oldest towns in county Wexford it overlooks the rive Barrow. Streets Are narrow and winding medieval in appearance. In Many ?y Are steeply stepped and negotiable Only on Long Bridge spans the River and connect the main in Tord part with the county Kilkenny Side. There lire Tome flourishing industries and marketing and Inland port town we Are told owes its origin to the founding of a monastery there by St. Abban in the 6th the 13th Century the town was walled in and became known As new Rosston distinguish it from old Ross to the East. Despite the fortifications Cromwel Hon forces captured the site in 1g49.in listing local highlights guides now Bavo added the Kennedy cottage to Dun Ganslow near new Ross it rates right up there with the traditional abbeys cart of a and the county capital of Wexford stands a Monument to another Navy Man who made Good in America Commodore John Berry. Father of the . Nuvy. M Friday Moy 24, 1963 on the Banki of River Barrow new Ron Dale Back to 6th Century. The stars and stripes Page 11
