John F. Kennedy Arboretum250 hectares of tree collection on the slope of Slieve Coillte, near the ground the Kennedy family came off.Museum
The Kennedy Homestead
New Ross, County Wexford
The farm at Dunganstown that Patrick Kennedy left in 1848. The family still work it and it is open as a museum.
Relive President John F. Kennedy's visit to his ancestral home on a warm summer day in June 1963.
- Where
- New Ross, County Wexford
- Address
- Dunganstown
- Official site
- kennedyhomestead.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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John F. Kennedy Arboretum250 hectares of tree collection on the slope of Slieve Coillte, near the ground the Kennedy family came off.
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