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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-29-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29337
Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (right, wearing red robe), presents President John F. Kennedy with a gilt cylinder casket containing a scroll that confers upon President Kennedy the status of Honorary Freeman of the City of Galway; all others are unidentified. Eyre Square, Galway, Ireland.
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29335
President John F. Kennedy (far left) attends a welcoming ceremony in his honor at Eyre Square in Galway, Ireland. Mayor of Galway, Alderman Patrick D. Ryan (hand partially visible left of President Kennedy), delivers remarks before the crowd; other distinguished guests on platform are unidentified. On the table in front of the President are the gilt cylinder casket and scroll presented to him as part of the ceremony, granting him the Honorary Freedom of the City of Galway.