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President Kennedy Meets with Ambassador of Ireland

This photograph of President John F. Kennedy meeting with Ambassador Thomas J. Kiernan of Ireland was taken by Abbie Rowe on March 17, 1961 in the Oval Office. Ambassador Kiernan is captured presenting President Kennedy with a scroll displaying the Kennedy family coat of arms and signed by the chief herald of Ireland, Gerard Slevin. Kiernan also gave Kennedy an arrangement of shamrocks.
Photographer
Abbie Rowe
Date of Work
March 17, 1961
Type
Photograph
Credit
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARA