Fulfilling a husband’s wish

A real life “guardian angel” from the “Gate of Heaven” saved Jacqueline Kennedy from drowning when she holidayed in Co Waterford in 1967.

Fulfilling a husband’s wish
Fri, 21 Jun, 2013 - 01:00
Ray Ryan

It happened when President Kennedy’s widow and their children, Caroline and John, spent a month at Woodstown House.

She came to Ireland with her family to fulfil the wishes of her assassinated husband who was so much taken with his 1963 visit that he vowed to return with his wife and children.

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