DON'T CALL ME IRISH; Joseph Kennedy denied his roots fearing it would hinder his ambition.(Features)

Sunday Mirror (London, England) | February 11, 2001 | Copyright

Byline: EAMONN O'HANLON

HE was the head of the most famous Irish-American family on Earth and father to the first and only Irish Catholic ever to become US President.

But far from being proud of his Irish roots, Joseph Patrick Kennedy did all he could to play them down, believing his ancestry a hindrance to his burgeoning political ambitions.

That is the picture that emerges in a new book about the man who established the Kennedy clan's unrivalled position as America's unofficial royal family.

The book - Hostage to Fortune by Kennedy clan ...

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