Kennedy Memorial Forest Park

4mi/6km in a southerly direction from New Ross, in the angle between the R733 and R734, lies the 400acre/164ha John F. Kennedy Memorial Forest Park, opened in 1968, with finance provided by Americans of Irish descent. The murdered president's great-grandfather came from the village of Dunganstown, to the west. 4,500 different plants and shrubs can be found in the park, of which there are 500 varieties of rhododendron and 150 of azalea. There is a good panorama from Slieve Coilte, a hill in the park which can be reached by car. In the Visitor Center as wll as a video show there is a permanent exhibition documenting the flora of the park.