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	Clan Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clan Kennedy is a Scottish clan and an Irish clan.
		During the Anglo-Scottish Wars the Clan Kennedy led by their Chief who was the 1st Earl of Cassillis fought at the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513 where the Chief was slain.
		Kennedy is the 16th most common surname in Ireland with ~20,000 bearers, in the USA it is the 137th most common surname with ~185,000 bearers, in England and Wales it is the 168th most common surname, and in Scotland it is the 58th most common surname.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clan_Kennedy (646 words)

	Kennedy, Tax Shelters, and the Average Citizen Calderon's Call
		Senator Kennedy’s concern for the “average citizen” – typified by his “tax the rich” voting record – is contradicted by the Kennedy clan’s extraordinary efforts to protect their fortune from the exorbitant federal taxes he supports.
		The Kennedy family’s wealth, investment decisions, and lifelong efforts to shelter their inheritances from the Internal Revenue Service are not as well known as their public pronouncements on behalf of the “downtrodden” and the average person.
		The Kennedy clan maintains most of their fortune “in trusts today which are structured to keep the family from paying higher taxes… [Senator] Kennedy receives nice checks every year from trusts set up in 1926, 1936, 1978, 1987, and 1997.
	www.michaelcalderonscall.com /Page16.html (1188 words)

	Irish Clan Kennedy
		The aim of the Association is to promote and foster all the interests of the Kennedy Clan at home in Ireland, overseas and around the world.
		To publish An Annual Clan Journal, periodic newsletters, books, and other pertinent literature and create communication with the public, industry and governments, to inform and educate the same about the history, culture and traditions of the Kennedy Clan.
		In the event the Association ceases to exist, all funds, property, and assets will be assigned, at the discretion of the Executive committee, to the Kennedy Clan Association for the promotion and advancement of goals of the said organization.
	www.clankennedy.org /artass.htm (1109 words)

	Culzean Castle
		The Clan Kennedy has been chieftains, earls, lords and stewards of some kind of fortress in Carrick (present day Ayrshire) since Gillescop MacKenedi became steward of Carrick in 1243.
		It incorporated an earlier "warlike" stronghold of the Clan Kennedy, of which the Earls were the Chieftains.
		The earliest record of the Kennedys is the granting of land to John Kennedy of Dunure in 1358.
	www.hauntedcastlesandhotels.com /Scotland/culzean.htm (1310 words)

	Who2 Loop: Clan Kennedy (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The third member of the clan to die in a plane crash was JOHN F. He was killed in 1999 when the small plane he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard; it was dusk, the skies were hazy, and the crash was ultimately blamed on pilot error.
		Her elegance and personal style were widely admired; the Kennedy years in the White House are sometimes remembered as "Camelot." She was riding in the convertible next to her husband when he was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, and was a stoic figure of grief in the days that followed.
		Kennedy had been tossing a football with relatives as he skiied; distracted, he ran into a tree and died of severe head injuries.
	www.who2.com.cob-web.org:8888 /clankennedy.html (992 words)

	The Origins of the name Kennedy
		Kennedy of Dunure son and heir was held hostage for King David II in 1357.
		The eponymous ancestor of the O'Kennedys was Kennedy, nephew of Brian Boru, or Cinneide in Irish, the resultant surname being 0 Cinneide.
		Kennedy, indeed, is one of the commonest names in Ireland, being widely distributed over all the provinces, with a preponderance in Co. Tipperary : it is placed sixteenth in the statistical list of Irish surnames with an estimated present day population of some eighteen thousand persons.
	www.moonrakers.com /genealogy/kennedy/origins.htm (872 words)

	Kennedy clan gathers for swan song - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - July 28, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kennedy is the surviving son of the storied family that included three U.S. senators, all of whom vied for the White House, with one finding success.
		Former Kennedy chief of staff Mary Beth Cahill, who is the Kerry campaign manager, seconded that and praised her former boss as a backbone of the Kerry effort from the start of the Iowa primary.
		Kennedy, and that she wrote an obscure book in 1975 in which she said he would be a "perfect bastard" if it were true that he remained in a troubled marriage to retain the Catholic vote.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040728-121520-4241r.htm (904 words)

	Family Tree genealogy and Scottish clan history from AncestralScotland - Search Results
		The earliest Kennedy on record is Gilbert Mac Kenedi who witnessed a charter granting lands in Carrick to the abbey at Melrose.The Kennedys were prominent in Ayrshire and claimed descent from the 1st Earl of Carrick.
		They played their role in history when they chose to support Robert the Bruce during the War of Independence; Clan Kennedy was awarded for this by Robert II who confirmed John Kennedy of Dunure as the chief of the name and baillie of Carrick in 1372.
		The Kennedys were rewarded for their fighting when in 1509 Sir David, the 3rd Lord Kennedy, was received the earldom of Cassillis.Upon the death of the 8th Earl, a three year court dispute began between Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean and William, Earl of March and Ruglan, for the right of succession.
	www.ancestralscotland.com /clandetails.html?clan=kennedy.html (326 words)

	July 26, 1999: Joseph's Last Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Kennedy clan played a role in the political history of the Unites States for nearly a century.
		The Kennedy clan was somehow related to the Joseph who's death was propheticly aligned with John's.
		In the case of the Kennedy clan, with modern, shorter life expectancies, the parallels span three generations.
	www.bibletime.com /date/1999/07.26.Trunk/index.html (2656 words)

	The Guide -- Georgetown Royalty: The Kennedy Clan
		The Kennedys, one of most powerfully political families that this country has ever seen, brought their fascinating lives to Georgetown from 1946 to 1963.
		Kennedy was constantly trying to mask the pain he suffered from his bad back.
		Fearing accusations of nepotism, John Kennedy was reluctant to publicize his decision and chose to make his first statement to the world announcing his brother’s appointment to a deserted N Street in the early hours of the morning.
	www.thehoya.com /guide/092002/guide1.cfm (1345 words)

	Clan Kennedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kennedy comes from the flattering Gaelic word cinneidigh, which in ancient Ireland meant “ugly headed”.
		Crossing the Irish Sea to settle in an area of Dalriada now called Carrick in Ayrshire, they were probably led by Gilbert, whose son Duncan became the 1st Earl of Carrick in the 12th century.
		The full text for Clan Kennedy is available on The Clans and Tartans of Scotland CD Rom.
	www.scotclans.com /clans/kennedy.htm (67 words)

	CNN - Kennedy clan gathers, somber but hopeful - July 17, 1999
		The family is gathered in Hyannisport, where it had planned to celebrate the wedding of Rory Kennedy, the youngest child of Robert and Ethel Kennedy.
		The Kennedy clan's triumphs and troubles are legion, but for Rory Kennedy, the unease over her cousin's whereabouts on what was to be her wedding day continued a cycle of tragic episodes.
		Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, the sister of JFK Jr., was on a rafting trip at an unidentified location in the West.
	www.cnn.com /US/9907/17/kennedy.family/index.html (636 words)

	Clan Kennedy
		Their son, another Gilbert, was created Lord Kennedy in about 1457 and was one of the six regents during the minority of James III.
		A brother of the first Lord Kennedy, James Kennedy, was one of Scotland's best-loved bishops.
		Hugh Kennedy of Ardstinchar served as commander of the scots mercenary troops who fought for Joan of Arc at the siege of Orleans; hence Joan figures on the arms of Kennedy of Bargany.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /clans/kennedy.html (319 words)

	Clan KENNEDY
		he Clan Kennedy is said to originate from a branch of the Celtic Lords of Galloway and they are associated with the Carrick district of Ayrshire in the far south-west of Scotland.
		John Kennedy of Dunure and Cassillis married the heiress of the Carrick earls.
		As the grandsons of the King one was created Lord Kennedy in 1457 and the other, James, was appointed Bishop of St. Andrews and became advisor to James II.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/kennedy2.html (750 words)

	Welcome to the Clan Kennedy Association
		From the earliest days of our history, Kennedys have inspired the hopes and dreams of countless individuals from around the world who have come to share in our dreams of freedom, justice, and opportunity.
		The Kennedy surname is found worldwide from all sorts of backgrounds.
		Please, join the Clan Kennedy Association, strengthen the bonds we all can share, endow our children with the knowledge of our common beginnings.
	www.clankennedy.org /welcome.htm (358 words)

	Clan Kennedy from Scottish Themes, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The earliest Kennedy on record is Gilbert Mac Kenedi who witnessed a charter granting lands in Carrick to the abbey at Melrose.
		The Kennedys were prominent in Ayrshire and claimed descent from the 1st Earl of Carrick.
		The Kennedys were rewarded for their fighting when in 1509 Sir David, the 3rd Lord Kennedy, was received the earldom of Cassillis.
	www.scottishthemes.com /clan/clan_kennedy.html (382 words)

	John F. Kennedy, jr
		The known ancestry of the late John F. Kennedy claims Irish roots, but the Irish of that name, in common with those of many others (George Bernard Shaw, incidentally, a favourite son of Dublin, was a cadet of the Shaws of Rothiemurcus, on Speyside in Inverness-shire), were originally Scots.
		The first of John F. Kennedy's known ancestors in North America was Patrick Kennedy, the youngest son of Patrick Kennedy (born circa 1785), a tenant farmer at Dunganstown in County Wexford, Ireland, by his wife Mary Johanna.
		The badge shown above is that of the Scottish Clan Kennedy of which the late President and his family could claim to be members.
	www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-01/kennedy1.html (435 words)

	TIME 100: The Kennedys
		The Kennedy clan, the pre-eminent American political family of our time, seems to be cast in the stars, the distant stuff of legend.
		It could be served in the Maryland assembly by delegate Mark Shriver, nephew of the martyred John Kennedy (and one of 29 grandchildren of Joe and Rose).
		The founding father of the clan, Joseph Kennedy, came from immigrant stock with all the eccentric genius and anger of his blighted kin, but he was touched by the magic of America.
	www.time.com /time/time100/heroes/profile/kennedys01.html (451 words)

	Kennedy clan faces new trouble as scion crashes car
		Patrick Kennedy, pictured here in 2000, a six-term congressman and member of one of the country's leading political clans, may have received preferential treatment after crashing his car in a dawn accident, US media reported.
		The Kennedy clan that has cast a shadow over US politics for more than half a century was back in the news after congressman Patrick Kennedy crashed his Ford Mustang into a security barrier.
		The 38-year-old son of Senator Edward Kennedy denied accounts by a police union official that he might have been drunk or that he was given preferential treatment after the accident before dawn on Thursday.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=122116 (580 words)

	Clan Kennedy Shield at St Columba Church
		At the English siege of Orleans Hugh Kennedy of Ardstinchar was a commander fighting for Joan of Arc.
		James, brother of Lord Kennedy, was Bishop of Dunkeld and then Archbishop of St Andrews and founder of Scotlands first university, the University of St Andrews.
		At the time of the Reformation in the 1500s, a schism developed within the Kennedys when one faction (Bargany) favored Henry VIII’s Reformation and the other side of the clan (Cassillis) favored remaining loyal to Rome.
	www.highlandcathedral.org /scottish_clan.php?clan=Kennedy (299 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Kennedy : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Kennedys of Kermuck were hereditary constables of Aberdeen from at least 1413.
		The Moray Kennedys came north with the possession of the earldom of Moray by Janet Kennedy and her son by James IV.
		The Clan Ulric in Lochaber are said by tradition to be descended from Ulric Kennedy, who had fled from Ayrshire because of his lawlessness.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Kennedy_59/default.php (906 words)

	BBC News \| World \| Kennedy clan say goodbye to Michael
		Kennedy's body arrived on a hearse in a mahogany casket as three buses brought more than 100 family members.
		The latest of the Kennedy clan to meet an early death was killed in a skiing accident in Colorado on New Year's Eve.
		Kennedy was being buried in Brookline, near his brother David, who died of a drug overdose in 1984.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/44298.stm (325 words)

	CNN - Tragedy and the Kennedy clan - July 17, 1999
		(CNN) -- While the Kennedy family waited Saturday for word on the fate of John F. Kennedy Jr., Kennedy-watchers were reminded of the twin clouds of controversy and tragedy that seem to perpetually surround America's most prominent political family, beginning with the son who was expected to be the political star.
		Kathleen Kennedy married William John Robert Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, who was killed in World War II.
		Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968 as he campaigned for the Democratic party's presidential nomination.
	www.cnn.com /US/9907/17/kennedy.tragedies (496 words)

	new_kennedy_front
		Henceforward the clan became established and was known throughout Scotland as Clan Kennedy.
		The spelling of the name as Kennedy appears to first be seen in the year 1296 from the spelling by Alexander Kennedy.
		The Kennedy name is older than the year 1327, which was the year King Robert II, reaffirmed the official recognition of the Kennedy Clan.
	millennium.fortunecity.com /sherwood/553/scotland.html (1576 words)

	Scottish Blog - Clan Kennedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Clan Kennedy descends from a branch of Pictish Lords of Galloway, namely Gilbert, father of Duncan, the 1st Earl of Carrick.
		It passed to John Kennedy of Denure, Captain of the Clan Muintircasduff, whose wife was Mary de Carrick.
		The son of John Kennedy was Sir Gilbert Kennedy of Denure, whose son James of Denure married Princess Mary, daughter of Robert III.
	scottish-heirloom.com /scottish-blog/index.php/2006/02/22/clan_kennedy (498 words)

	Clan Kennedy
		The Clan name is thought to have originated from the Gaelic word 'Ceannaideach' meaning 'ugly head', the somewhat blunt nickname of Roland, one of the earliest of the Kennedys.
		His successors were not to achieve much more as Gilbert Kennedy was to be assassinated by Sir Hugh Campbell in 1527, while the third Earl died of poisoning at Dieppe.
		Castle Kennedy was built by the Earls of Cassilis in 1607, and near Culzean is where the Earl of Cassilis is said to have roasted the Abbot of Crossraguel in an attempt to make him surrender abbey lands in 1507.
	www.clanshop.co.uk /clannames/kennedy.htm (162 words)

	Curses!: Author: Cuomo may be latest victim of Kennedy clan's hex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A 19th-century ancestor, Patrick Kennedy, was most likely a bigamist who deserted a first wife after she duped him into thinking she was from a wealthy family.
		Joseph P. Kennedy, father of President John F. Kennedy, invited the wrath of a rabbi just before World War II, when the two were traveling on the same ship to the United States.
		I heard it had something to do with a Kennedy ancestor allowing someone else to starve to death and a curse was then placed on the entire Kennedy family.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/942350/posts (1244 words)

	JFK: Kennedy Family Tree
		Joseph P. Kennedy, center, and his family pose while he was the ambassador to Britain.
		Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died May 19, 1994, of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system.
		They had four children, including William Kennedy Smith who was acquitted of rape in 1991 at the family's Palm Beach estate.
	www.sptimes.com /News/111199/JFK/family-tree.shtml (439 words)

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