JFK Trust

At the Service of New Ross

New Ross, Co. Wexford, Ireland, is the ancestral home of the family of President John F. Kennedy. The John F. Kennedy Trust is a charitable trust (51-C-3 status) founded in 1988 to commemorate the historic legacy of the President. It does this by involving itself in projects, which enrich the lives of the people of New Ross.

The Trust’s projects include

1988 The Shaffrey Plan
An Environmental Development Plan for the town of New Ross.

2001- present The Irish Emigration Database
The Trust have completed the most comprehensive database of Irish emigration to the United States, in conjunction with the Balch Institute in Philadelphia, the Ellis Island Restoration Commission in New York and the Battery Conservancy in New York.

2001 – present
The Dunbrody Famine Ship

2001 – present
The Annual JFK Dunbrody Festival

2005-2008 EU Interreg Celtic Maritime Connections Project
In association with Milford Haven Port Company and Pembrokeshire College.

2001- present The Forest of Dunbrody
A unique project involving the planting of trees of many species in a forest in Lacken , New Ross by Coillte , to replace the many tonnes of timber used in the building of the replica ship

2007- present The Irish Emigrant Wall of Honour
A National Memorial to the Irish Diaspora in New Ross, Co. Wexford.