Jack Kennedy had been the first Irish American Catholic to be president of America, and the whole of Ireland had been so proud when he visited Cork in 1963, just before he was shot. At least 100,000 people had turned out to see him, including her own family – and Skipper, of course. The Lord Mayor, Seán Casey, had conferred Jack Kennedy with the Freedom of the City, telling him, ‘President Kennedy, you have reached the highest
