Dallas bishop recalls seeing JFK in Ireland

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  • Author(s): By:DIANNE SOLIS The Dallas Morning News
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    Associated Press State Wire: Texas (TX), November 20, 2013 News, 7pp
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      DALLAS (AP) - Kevin Farrell was a 16-year-old swooning in the streets of Dublin when John F. Kennedy came to Ireland in June 1963. The president charmed the Emerald Isle nation, quoting its most famous playwright, praising its emigrants and visiting the home of his great-grandfather. Farrell was ready to join Kennedy's new Peace Corps to "change the world." But it was open only to U.S...