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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-C
ST26, KN37
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29434
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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