42 - Visit of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium to Ireland

42

Visit of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium to Ireland

53 items; 22 cm x 16.5 cm; 15.5 cm x 11.5 cm; Black and white print

Photographic prints relating to the state visit to Ireland of King Baudouin (1930-1993) and Queen Fabiola (1925-2014) of Belgium in May 1968. The file was compiled for a photographic feature published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969). The file includes press prints showing their arrival at Dublin Airport, their attendance at a state banquet at Dublin Castle, laying a wreath at the military cemetery in Arbour Hill, and a visit to Áras an Uachtaráin where King Baudouin played hurling with President Éamon de Valera and the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch. Frank Aiken, Minister for External Affairs, is also present in some of the photographs

ISAD(G) 2nd edition