John F Kennedy got 'the greatest reception' in Cork: Remembering JFK's visit to Leeside

'Cork, indeed, did President Kennedy proud and its people put on a welcome that is likely to be never surpassed for any great man or woman again'

John F Kennedy is driven through St Patrick's Street in an open-top car with Lord Mayor Sean Casey, during his visit to Cork. File picture

On the 60th anniversary of the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, we delve back into the Irish Examiner archives and relive the day the great man visited Cork just months before he was killed. Here is an adapted version of the Cork Examiner report that appeared in print on June 29, 1963.

The flags have been been furled, the barriers have been taken away, the crowds have gone home. The final curtain has gone down on the biggest spectacle Cork has ever seen — the visit of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, president of the United States of America yesterday (June 28, 1963).