Photograph
White House Photographs
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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.