Author interview: Debut novel grew out of fascination with JFK’s visit

Neil Tully works as a dentist in a practice on Shandon St in Cork City; in the evening, he retires to an old garage in his home in Bishopstown to indulge his creative passion

US president John F Kennedy arrives at Sean O’Kennedy soccer field and is greeted by schoolchildren waving Irish and American flags, during his visit to New Ross, Ireland, on June 27, 1963; that visit is the setting for Neil Tully’s novel. File picture: AP

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