2013 Kennedy Summer School Schedule Announced

NEWS RELEASE New Ross, 21st August: The leading Irish American festival of history, culture and politics, The Kennedy Summer School, today announced the schedule of events taking place in New Ross, Co. Wexford from September 12th– 14th 2013. The festival marks one of the final celebrations of the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s iconic […]

ETHEL, the personal untold story of Ethel Kennedy

The Irish premier screening of ETHEL, a feature-length documentary about the remarkable life of Ethel Kennedy, takes place on the opening night of the Kennedy Summer School in St Michael’s Theatre. Directed by her Emmy Award-winning daughter Rory Kennedy, the film is a personal portrait of Ethel’s political awakening, the life she shared with Bobby […]

Live Video From the Kennedy Summer School

We’re pleased to announce that the Kennedy Summer School sessions will be streamed live on the Internet, for those of you who couldn’t make it in person. To view the sessions, just click the Live Sessions button at the right of this website’s homepage while the session is in progress. In between sessions, we’ll be […]

Bobby Kennedy III Confirmed As Special Guest

NEWS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE Inaugural event, featuring over twenty high-profile speakers, takes place September 6–8 in New Ross, Wexford. August 29th, 2012: The organisers of the Kennedy Summer School, a festival of Irish American history and politics, have announced that Bobby Kennedy III will be the special guest at this year’s inaugural event. This unique […]

Inaugral Kennedy Summer School of Politics in New Ross Announced

NEWS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE New Ross, August 1st 2012: Details of the inaugural Kennedy Summer School, a festival of Irish American history and politics, have been announced. This unique event will take place in New Ross, Co. Wexford from September 6th – 8th 2012, as a precursor to the 50th anniversary in 2013 of John […]