Click JFK for short (and
shaky) TV footage of his visit to the birthplace in Ireland of
his great grandfather, Patrick Kennedy
Click on JFK's old
homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford to see an old map of
Dunganstown.
Your old homestead is on
a map also!
Homestead Search
Finding the Homestead in Ireland.....
President
John F. Kennedy came to the old Kennedy homestead in
Dunganstown, County Wexford
President
Nixon visited the home place of his Quaker ancestors
in County Kildare
President
Ronald Regan had a pint in the local pub of his
ancestors in Ballyporeen, County Tipperary
Princess
Grace of Monaco bought her old family homestead in the
west of Ireland
Henry
Ford took the hearthstone from the old Ford house in
Ballynascarty, County Cork
For
many, finding the old homestead is like the search for
the Holy Grail or the Golden Fleece
This
section will tell the stories of those who searched
for and found their Irish homestead
It
will also tell you how to carry out a search for yours
This section is currently under development. Call
again!
Sean is French
The quintessential Irish
name, Sean, it turns out was brought to
Ireland by the Norman French. Seemingly
it is a corruption of the French name 'Jean',
or John.
Young Country
People have inhabited Ireland
for a mere 10,000 years. Evidence of
humans lived in Britain over 250,000 year ago.
1821 Census
The 1821 Census of Ireland
was the most detailed national survey of
population carried out anywhere in the
world at that time.
