LISTEN: Mayor Of Freehold, NJ, Advances Twinning with Springsteen's Ancestral Home Of Rathangan

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 10:36

By Hannah Kelly

Listen back to Mayor Kevin Kane on this morning's Kildare Today programme

Mayor of Freehold New Jersey, Kevin Kane and his delegation are in Kildare to progress the twinning with Rathangan.

Rathangan is the ancestral home to Bruce Springsteen, who visited Rathangan earlier this month.

In March, a seven-person delegation from Rathangan, Twinning Committee, were invited by Mayor Kane to attend the St Patrick's Weekend activities in Freehold New Jersey.

The Rathangan Twinning Association has invited Mayor Kane to Rathangan, where they will visit multiple sites in Rathangan and Kildare as well as progressing the formal twinning process with Kildare County Council.

Mayor Kevin Kane was in the Kfm studio this morning for the Kildare Today show:

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