In Mourning, Cathedral Reconnects to Irish Roots.

CATHEDRALS; CATHOLIC church buildings; MOURNING customs; TRAVEL

LITTLE Italy (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.); NEW York (State); NEW York (N.Y.); UNITED States

Centers on Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City as of July 26, 1999. History of the church; Geographic location in the Little Italy section of the city; Public memorial held at the church for John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and his sister-in-law, Lauren G. Bessette; Comment of Brian O'Dwyer, a Manhattan lawyer and chairman of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center.