Hello.
I assume you're asking about JFK Jr, because there was no public
memorial for his father President Kennedy at Old St Patrick's, as far
as I can tell.
The Yeats poem was "Lake Isle of Innisfree." The Irish musicians were
a group called "Morning Star" and an Irish tenor named Ciaran Sheehan.
See this newsgroup post archived by Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22Old+St.+Patrick%27s%22+yeats+kennedy&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&selm=19990801113744.28103.00005627%40ng-fh1.aol.com&rnum=1
"A public memorial service is under way at Old St Patrick's Cathedral,
a Catholic church in New York, sponsored by the city's Irish
community.
The service began with a procession of musicians playing bagpipes,
followed by a moving performance of "I Will Arise Now and Go to
Innisfree"."
source: BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/400689.stm
"What a wonderful memorial service for John John Jr., his wife and her
sister - the Bessette ladies - on July 22, 1999. Thousands gathered
Thursday at Old St. Patrick's Cathedral on Mulberry Street...
...A little of what we heard: Tyrone Pipers, Cathedral Organist, Lake
Isle of Innisfree, by W.B. Yeats, "The Culain," by O'Carolan (famed
Irish harper and composer), Danny Boy and ending with the "Battle Hymn
of the Republic.""
http://www.angelfire.com/ri/ches/contribute.html
Bartleby.com has the text of "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by WB Yeats:
http://www.bartleby.com/103/44.html
More information about Morning Star and Mary Courtney:
At IUMA:
http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Morning_Star/
At NYIreland.com:
http://www.nyireland.com/music/marycourtney.htm
More information about Irish tenor Ciaran Sheehan:
http://www.ciaransheehan.com/
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search strategy:
google groups: "old st patrick's" kennedy yeats
google:
yeats "to innisfree"
"morning star" "mary courtney"
"ciaran sheenan" tenor
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