Fergus Finlay: Jean Kennedy Smith, a friend to Ireland who left an enduring legacy

Jean Kennedy Smith was instrumental, and significantly so, in the first IRA ceasefire, writes Fergus Finlay
Fergus Finlay: Jean Kennedy Smith, a friend to Ireland who left an enduring legacy
Tue, 23 Jun, 2020 - 09:00
Fergus Finlay
Fergus Finlay

Jean Kennedy Smith was instrumental, and significantly so, in the first IRA ceasefire, writes Fergus Finlay

The late Jean Kennedy Smith, with former SDLP leader John Hume and former Tánaiste Dick Spring, at a municipal conference in Tralee, County Kerry, in 1994, where she was guest speaker. Photo: Don MacMonagle
The late Jean Kennedy Smith, with former SDLP leader John Hume and former Tánaiste Dick Spring, at a municipal conference in Tralee, County Kerry, in 1994, where she was guest speaker. Photo: Don MacMonagle

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ColumnistsUSPlace: IrelandPlace: BallsbridgePlace: USPlace: New Haven, ConnecticutPlace: ChicagoPlace: DublinPerson: Fergus FinlayPerson: Jean Kennedy SmithPerson: Colm HorkanPerson: RolyPerson: Dick SpringPerson: Albert ReynoldsPerson: Bill ClintonPerson: MandyPerson: Mary DavisPerson: Eunice Kennedy ShriverPerson: EunicePerson: Sargent ShriverEvent: IRAEvent: IRA ceasefireEvent: Special Olympics World GamesEvent: IrishEvent: OlympicsEvent: Special Olympics
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