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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-107-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at a dinner honoring Matthew McCloskey upon his appointment as Ambassador to Ireland held in the Grand Ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-28-G
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-28-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-E
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-C
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-A
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-G
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-A
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-13-B
AR24, KN20
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-039
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at a dinner honoring Matthew McCloskey upon his appointment as Ambassador to Ireland held in the Grand Ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Materials in this folder include a memorandum of suggested remarks from Special Assistant to the President and speechwriter Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and press copy of the speech, in addition to an excerpt from the Realities article "How the French See Themselves."
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-D
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-E
KN37
Photograph
White House Photographs
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29374
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29437
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29433
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29431
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29428
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29322
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).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29399
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29382
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29381
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29380
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29379
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.