JFK's Inauguration bible

A special Secret Service mission ordered by John F Kennedy involved a search for a precious heirloom from the old family homestead in Bruff, it was recalled yesterday in the Co Limerick town.

When Thomas Fitzgerald emigrated from Bruff in 1852, one of the few worldly possessions be brought with him was the family bible.

JFK, his great grandson, sent two Secret Service agents to Boston prior to his inauguration to retrieve the bible.