Kennedy clan honour their fallen son

The last of the Irish cousins of the famous Kennedy dynasty gathered at their ancestral homestead to remember John F Kennedy yesterday.

A small group of relatives and friends met at the farmhouse in Dunganstown, Co Wexford, to pay their respects and celebrate the late president’s legacy 50 years on.

Pat Kennedy, 72, the last of the cousins to carry the famous name, said the commemoration evoked strong memories of the notorious day his third cousin was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. “This brings it all back,” he said. “It makes you feel sad.