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JFKWHP-KN-C29367
Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, Dave Powers, and United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey, pose with members of the Bunratty Castle singers, dressed in medieval costume, at the Shannon Airport during President Kennedy's departure from Ireland. Back row (L-R): Una Kelly; Jacqueline Doyle; Special Assistant Powers; Bobby O'Brien; Joy de Burgh O'Brien; Ambassador McCloskey; Breda O'Donovan; Briget Fitzgerald; and the entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill (holding flowers). Front row (L-R): Mary McElligott (in blue and white dress) and harpist, Fionnuala O'Sullivan (in red and white dress). Two unidentified Gardaí (police) stand to the left of the group. Shannon, Ireland.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) listens to the Bunratty Castle singers before departing Ireland from Shannon Airport; President Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, stands on the President's left. Also pictured: Bunratty Castle singers Jacqueline Doyle, Breda O'Donovan, Una Kelly, Bobby O'Brien, and Briget Fitzgerald; entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill; Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (between the President and Mrs. Shriver); Mayor of Limerick, Frances Condell (mostly hidden, behind the President); and White House Secret Service Agents Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn and Bob Burke. The Irish Honour Guard stands in the background. Shannon, Ireland.
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President John F. Kennedy (top right), Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch from the upper platform as children from the Patrician Brothers Choir (bottom center) sing, accompanied by harpist Ruth Bradley, during a welcoming ceremony for the President at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland; a group of children from local dance schools sits at lower left. Also pictured (seated in the upper platform, beneath the Irish flag): United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey, and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass.
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President John F. Kennedy (top right, at lectern) delivers an address before the crowd gathered at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland, during a welcoming ceremony in his honor. Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (right of President Kennedy, wearing red robe), and United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey (left of the Irish flag), sit in the upper platform. Also pictured, on the lower platform: a group of children from local dance schools (left); boys from the Patrician Brothers Choir (center); and harpist Ruth Bradley (right, wearing red skirt); White House Secret Service agent Paul A. Burns (bottom center) stands in front of the platform.
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President John F. Kennedy (top right), Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch from the upper platform as children from local schools (lower left) perform a traditional Irish dance, during a welcoming ceremony for the President at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland; children from the Patrician Brothers Choir (right of the dancers) sing, accompanied by harpist Ruth Bradley (seated, wearing red skirt). Also pictured (seated in the upper platform, beneath the Irish flag): United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey, and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass.
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President John F. Kennedy (top right), Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch from the upper platform as children from local schools (lower left) perform a traditional Irish dance, during a welcoming ceremony for the President at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland; children from the Patrician Brothers Choir stand right of the dancers, with harpist Ruth Bradley (seated, wearing red skirt). Also pictured (seated in the upper platform, beneath the Irish flag): United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey, and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass; White House Secret Service agent Paul A. Burns stands at bottom right.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) greets members of the American Legion after arriving at the Sportsground in Galway, Ireland, by helicopter. Also pictured: Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (in red robe); Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (right of Alderman Ryan); White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (left of Alderman Ryan); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (far left, at edge of frame); Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass (far left, in front of Brigadier General McHugh); and White House Secret Service agent Floyd Boring (in tan coat, behind the President).
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) places a wreath at the base of the Commodore John Barry (USN) Memorial at Crescent Quay in Wexford, Ireland. Looking on at right are (L-R): Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; and United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey.
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President John F. Kennedy (left, assisted by an unidentified man) places a wreath at the base of the Commodore John Barry (USN) Memorial at Crescent Quay in Wexford, Ireland. Looking on at right are (L-R): Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; and United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey.
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President John F. Kennedy visits the Commodore John Barry (USN) Memorial at Crescent Quay in Wexford, Ireland. Left to right: United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; and President Kennedy.
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Welcoming ceremony for President John F. Kennedy at Redmond Place in Wexford, Ireland. President Kennedy (center right) stands at front of the speakers' platform with Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne (right of lectern, wearing red robe), and an unidentified man; also pictured (seated on platform): Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey; President Kennedy's sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith; and the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland. The President delivered an address and received an Honorary Freedom of the City of Wexford during the ceremony.
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President John F. Kennedy (center, at lectern) delivers an address before the crowd gathered at Redmond Place in Wexford, Ireland, during a welcoming ceremony in his honor. Also pictured (seated on speakers' platform): Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey; Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne; President Kennedy's sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith; and the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland.
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith, sisters of President John F. Kennedy (not pictured), pose with their second cousins once removed at a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Standing in foreground (L-R): Mrs. Shriver; Mary Ryan; Mrs. Smith; and Margaret Kirwan. The Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (wearing hat), stands at far left; Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey, stands on the far right at the edge of the frame.
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JFKWHP-ST-C232-29-63
President John F. Kennedy (center right) stands on the steps of an Army helicopter prior to departing Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland, after a reception at the Kennedy Homestead; the Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (left of President Kennedy), and the Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (left of Aiken), also stand on the helicopter steps. The President's second cousin once removed, Mary Ryan, stands on the far left, along the edge of the frame, among a crowd of Gardaí (police), photographers, reporters, and other relatives.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with the President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera, upon his arrival in Ireland at Dublin Airport; President Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stand at the top of the stairs of Air Force One. Also pictured: Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (far left); Irish Minister of External Affairs, Frank Aiken (right of Ambassador McCloskey); and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Seán Lemass (sixth from left, between two unidentified Irish military officials). Dublin, Ireland. [Discoloration and sports in bottom portion of image and tear along left edge of image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy meets with the newly-appointed United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey (right). Ambassador McCloskey met with President Kennedy before departing for his post. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with the newly-appointed United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey (right). Ambassador McCloskey met with President Kennedy before departing for his post. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-C232-31-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) attends a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right, standing in front of table: Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (holding teacup); President Kennedy; Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (mostly obscured, behind the President); unidentified (mostly obscured); the President's third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan; second cousin once removed, Mary Ryan; third cousins, Kitty Kennedy and Mary Ann Ryan; unidentified; and third cousin, Patrick Kirwan. The President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (in green outfit), stands behind the table; the President's second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan (in red dress), stands right of Mrs. Shriver.
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President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Seán Lemass (partially hidden), upon his arrival at Dublin Airport; the President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera, stands right of President Kennedy. Those pictured include: the President's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith (second from left); Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (third from left); Irish Minister of External Affairs, Frank Aiken (fourth from left); the President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (right of President de Valera); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (right of Shriver); and the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland (right of Duke, in white coat). Also pictured, descending the stairs of Air Force One (front to back): White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; and Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman. Dublin, Ireland. [Blue streaking and spots in lower portion of image, yellow streaking near top left of image, and tear near top right edge of image are original to the negative.]
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White House staff pose with the United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey; Mayor of Limerick, Frances Condell; and the Bunratty Castle singers, dressed in medieval costume, at the Shannon Airport during President John F. Kennedy's departure from Ireland. Back row (L-R): Una Kelly; Jacqueline Doyle; Bobby O'Brien; Joy de Burgh O'Brien; Breda O'Donovan; Briget Fitzgerald; Mayor Condell; entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill (holding flowers); and Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff. Front row (L-R): Mary McElligott (in blue and white dress); harpist, Fionnuala O'Sullivan (in red and white dress); and Ambassador McCloskey. Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (holding newspapers) and Presidential Assistant, John J. "Jack" McNally, kneel in front of the group. Three unidentified Gardaí (police) stand to the left of the group. Shannon, Ireland.
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White House staff pose with the United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey, and the Bunratty Castle singers, dressed in medieval costume, at the Shannon Airport during President John F. Kennedy's departure from Ireland. Back row (L-R): Una Kelly; Jacqueline Doyle; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Bobby O'Brien; Joy de Burgh O'Brien; Ambassador McCloskey; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Breda O'Donovan; Briget Fitzgerald; and the entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill (holding flowers). Front row (L-R): Mary McElligott (in blue and white dress) and harpist, Fionnuala O'Sullivan (in red and white dress). Three unidentified Gardaí (police) stand to the left of the group. Shannon, Ireland. [Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center left) listens to the Bunratty Castle singers before departing Ireland from Shannon Airport; President Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (in white coat), stands to the right of the President. Also pictured: Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (between the President and Mrs. Shriver); Mayor of Limerick, Frances Condell (mostly hidden, left of the President); White House Secret Service Agents Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn and Bob Burke; Bunratty Castle singer Una Kelly; and entertainments manager for Castle Tours, Ruth Hill. Shannon, Ireland.
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President John F. Kennedy (waving to crowd) attends a welcoming ceremony in his honor at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland; the Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (in red robes), stands right of President Kennedy on the upper platform. United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey, and Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Sean Lemass, stand under the Irish flag, on the upper platform. Also pictured on the lower platform: a group of children from local dance schools (left); boys from the Patrician Brothers Choir (center); and harpist Ruth Bradley (right, wearing red skirt); White House Secret Service agent Paul A. Burns (bottom center) stands in front of the platform.
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JFKWHP-ST-C232-20-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Arbour Hill Cemetery in Dublin, Ireland; Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Seán Lemass, walks beside President Kennedy. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; and Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey (all walking behind the President). Irish military officials walking beside the President are unidentified. [Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
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President John F. Kennedy (center) poses with members of the Cork Corporation outside City Hall in Cork, Ireland; the Lord Mayor of Cork Seán Casey stands right of President Kennedy. Also pictured: Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (in front row, far left); the Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (back left, facing right); and macebearer Jim Buckley (left of the President). All others are unidentified. [Spots, scratches, and discoloration throughout image are original to the negative.]