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Colin Sheridan: JFK and my mother — a real Irish love story

JFK at Collins Barracks Cork, 1963.

Sun, 26 Nov, 2023 - 08:00

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Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Growing up, there were two photos in the kitchen.

One, the Sacred Heart, was partially obscured by books and newspapers and other necessary day-to-day paraphernalia.

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