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JFK Visits Ireland

Politics

Chapters

03: President Kennedy 26 June 1963

Shortly after 8.00pm on Wednesday, 26 June 1963, President Kennedy arrived at Dublin Airport on board Air Force 1.

President Kennedy flew in from Germany where that morning he had visited the Berlin Wall and given his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.

A large group of Irish dignitaries was waiting to greet him. President Kennedy was formally welcomed to Ireland by President Éamon de Valera before travelling to the Phoenix Park in a motorcade through Dublin city, where thousands lined the streets to see him.

EXHIBITION ITEMS

JFK Áras an Uachtaráin (1963)

De Valera Takes Kennedy Home 1963

The motorcade on Day 1 of Kennedy's visit comes to an end at Áras an Uachtaráin in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.

President Kennedy Arrives At Dublin Airport (1963)

Air Force 1 Has Landed 1963

The arrival of President Kennedy at Dublin Airport is met with much anticipation, ceremony and rapturous applause.

President Kennedy inspecting the guards at Dublin Airport, 1963

The Wait is Over as Kennedy Arrives 1963

President Kennedy and his party are greeted by President de Valera and a host of Irish dignitaries.

President Kennedy and President Éamon de Valera at Dublin Airport, 1963

President Greets President 1963

President de Valera makes a speech formally welcoming President Kennedy to Ireland and President Kennedy replies.

President Kennedy motorcade through Dublin city, 1963

Dublin Welcomes President 1963

President Kennedy travels in a motorcade down O'Connell Street, Dublin.

President Kennedy travels up Dame Street (1963)

"A Thatch of Blond Hair" 1963

The build-up to the arrival of the cavalcade on Dame Street, Dublin and the reaction of the crowd who have taken up every possible vantage point to get a glimpse of President Kennedy.