What is recorded here
John Kennedy is a birthplace in Newtownards, County Down, Ireland. Perhaps a boy ran barefoot through wet grass there in 1939, lungs full of salt air, before he ever touched a football. Maybe the streets still hold the shape of his first steps, waiting for someone to remember the weight of a life begun in ordinary stone.
Why this person is known: Northern Irish footballer (born 1939)
- Birthplace
- Newtownards
Places near here
MOVILLA ABBEY: CHURCH OF THE AUGUSTINIAN CANONS in MovillaMOVILLA ABBEY: CHURCH OF THE AUGUSTINIAN CANONS · 712 yd
MARKET CROSS in NewtownardsMARKET CROSS · 941 yd
PLANTATION HOUSE & BAWN: CASTLE GARDENS in NewtownardsPLANTATION HOUSE & BAWN: CASTLE GARDENS · 971 yd
Blair Mayne statueMonument · 1155 yd
CASTLE in Commons (newtownards)CASTLE · 1748 yd
Kiltonga Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1.5 mi
Scrabo TowerHeritage attraction · 1.6 mi
Scrabo HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Rough IslandIslet · 3.1 mi
CairngaverMountain / peak · 3.3 mi