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06 Sept 2025

Glenfin native Dave Gallagher's passion for Kennedy Summer School evident again

Dave Gallagher is a regular attendee of the Kennedy Summer School - an annual festival of Irish and American politics, history and culture - which is taking place this weekend in Wexford

Glenfin native Dave Gallagher's passion for Kennedy Summer School evident again

Dr Brian Murphy, director of the Kennedy School, former Ireland manager Martin O’Neill and Glenfin native Dave Gallagher

Glenfin native Dave Gallagher is a keen attendee at the Kennedy Summer School, which is being held in New Ross, Co Wexford, this weekend.

Dave - a retired business development director who worked with Murray Consultants on Mount Street in Dublin - is an avid supporter of the Donegal GAA team. The Kennedy Summer School is an annual festival of Irish and American politics, history and culture.


Dave Gallagher, Martin O'Neill, Dermot Murnagan and his wife Maria, and Dr Brian Murphy

“I’ve always had a keen interest in the Kennedys and had visited the graves in Washington in my time, as well as Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, where, of course, US President John F Kennedy was killed in 1963,” Dave told DonegalLive.

Dave was joined his friend Dr Brian Murphy, director of the Kennedy School; Martin O’Neill, the former football manager who took charge of the likes of Celtic, Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland; and Dermot Murnaghan, the British broadcaster who was a presenter for Sky News, a news presenter at CNBC Europe, Independent Television News and BBC News.

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