Kennedy Gathering in Rearcross

Plans are well advanced for the seventh annual Kennedy Clan Gathering in Chief Rody’s Anglesey Lounge in Rearcross this Sunday, July 9th, from 8pm.

All Kennedys and their descendants and wellwishers are very welcome. Last year Kennedys attended the Gathering from Australia, USA, Canada and the UK, in addition to relatives from many Irish counties.

 

A tour of ancestral Kennedy graveyards is planned on the day, leaving Rearcross at 2pm. Places to be visited include the graveyards at Ballinaclough, Kilkeary (where the ancestors of many Kennedys - including those of Chief Rody - are laid to rest) and the old Templederry graveyard, where the restored gravestone of Long Andrew Kennedy (progenitor of many present day Kennedys) will be unveiled.

 

A visit to a nearby Kennedy castle, Cloghenane (renamed Castle Otway) is planned before returning to Rearcross for the Gathering. Historian Brian Patrick Kennedy will impart more of his vast store of knowledge on the Kennedys in an illustrated lecture. The launch of the brand new Irish Kennedy Heritage Group website will also be discussed.

 

More information can be found on the Irish Kennedys Facebook page. Note that Brian Patrick Kennedy will launch his latest book – a history of the Ryans of Owney and Owneybeg – at O’Sullivans Bar and Lounge in Newport on the night of Saturday July 15th. More information about this can be found on the Ryan Clan of Tipperary & Limerick Facebook page.