Previously unseen footage of John F Kennedy emerges in Wexford

The footage captures the former US president’s pilgrimage — five months before his death — to the home of his great-grandfather in New Ross

A still of JFK from the New Ross Movie by Peggy Walsh

The grainy footage shows John F Kennedy riding in an open sedan car, waving to cheering crowds, escorted by police motorcycles.

The scene was filmed in 1963, and in some ways eerily recalls the famous footage of his killing just months later.