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Published 21:37 29 May 2014 BST
Updated 06:22 18 Dec 2014 GMT

An excerpt from the letter reads: “I am only grateful for one thing in these sad days – that he did have the chance to return to Ireland as President of the United States last summer. That trip meant more to him than any other in his life.”
Kennedy addressing the crowd at Dáil Éireann.
JFK with Sean Lemass walking in Arbour Hill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJrsukdnHa4
Familiar faces such as, Sharon Corr, Ryan Tubridy, Robert Sheehan and Roddy Doyle, recall JFK’s empowering and emotional famous words he gave during that momentous occasion.
“George Bernard Shaw, speaking as an Irishman, summed up an approach to life: ”Other peoples,” he said, “see things and say: `Why?’ … But I dream things that never were – and I say: `Why not?”"
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