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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

A biographical note on the artist Violet MacNeish Kay.

A photographic print of a group of women conversing with British soldiers. The caption underneath reads ‘Viewing the destruction / March 1921’.

A view of O’Connell Street from atop Nelson’s Pillar in about 1930.

A view of the Castlepark peninsula located on the southern shore of the Bandon Estuary in Kinsale Harbour in County Cork. An annotation (on the reverse) reads 'a view from Kinsale'.

An image of the landscape near the village of Kilkieran (Cill Chiaráin) in Connemara, County Galway. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘The Open Road / Landscape view from Kilkerrin [sic], Connemara’. The photograph is credited to P.J. Cahir, Knockroe, Kilfenora, County Clare.

An illustration of a view from Holy Trinity Capuchin Friary in Cork. The text reads ‘Beautiful golden glow above the chimney stack morning / 3/10/40 / Holy Trinity’. The name of the artist (presumably a Capuchin friar) is not given.

A view from Great Blasket Island ('An Blascaod Mór') with the mainland in the distance. A manuscript annotation on the reverse reads 'On the Blasket Islands / looking from Great Blasket towards the mainland'.

A view near the village of Dugort on Achill Island, County Mayo.

A view of Victoria Quay, Dublin, in about 1930. The frontage of the quay is mainly occupied by the Guinness Brewery site.