John F Kennedy visited Arbour Hill, Dublin in 1963: 1916 Easter Rising Deaths

This is the story of the visit of President John F Kennedy to Arbour Hill Memorial in Dublin Ireland in June 1963.

He spent a few days in Ireland in 1963 on an Official State visit and stated that the Memorial Park was his favorite event.

Arbour Hill is the place of a mass grave that holds 14 men who were executed by the British Government after they surrendered with the failure of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.

President John F Kennedy said he would be back for another visit to Ireland but was assassinated in November of that year. His wife Jacqueline knew that he loved the Honour Guard at the memorial in Arbour Hill so asked the Irish Government could they come to the USA and attend the funeral of JFK. They did.

For the full story of the visit with photos and the lives and deaths of the men at the mass grave click the link below.

John F Kennedy visited Arbour Hill, Dublin in 1963: 1916 Easter Rising Deaths

The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin Ireland. My great grandparents and grannies memories of this time

Memories of my Grannie as a child during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin Ireland

My grandmother told me of her memories of playing in the street in Stoneybatter when the 1916 Easter Rising started in Ireland.  




She was 6 years old but remembers it today so vividly because it was the first and only time she saw her father scared.  He got her mother who was 6 months pregnant, herself and younger brother to safety out of Dublin. 

This is the story of the life of my grannie's parents, my great grandparents from 1910 until they died in the 1960's.   


Dora and Paddy Maguire did have an ordinary life in Dublin but it was also a very interesting part of Irish history that they and my grandmother lived in.  

To read the full story and see some wonderful old photos of Dublin during that time in 1921 onwards click on this link below. 

http://hubpages.com/_zutla8pbc8fl/hub/Living-an-ordinary-life