Two heads of state renew a friendship first forged in 1998

QUEEN ELIZABETH II was formally welcomed to Ireland by the President Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin yesterday at her first official engagement at the start of her historic four-day state visit.

Two heads of state renew a friendship first forged in 1998
Wed, 18 May, 2011 - 01:00
Sean McCarthaigh

The two heads of state renewed a friendship first forged in 1998 when they jointly unveiled a tower to the Irish World War I dead in Belgium.

The queen accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, arrived under an army motor cycle escort in a Land Rover from Casement Aerodrome at Baldonnel.

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CourtsPlace: IrelandPlace: Áras an UachtaráinPlace: BelgiumPlace: Casement AerodromePlace: BaldonnelPlace: EnglandPlace: ScotlandPlace: BritainPlace: McKee barracksPlace: DublinPlace: ÁrasPlace: Northern IrelandPerson: Queen Elizabeth IIPerson: President Mary McAleesePerson: Prince PhilipPerson: presidentPerson: Martin McAleesePerson: Chief of Staff of the Defence ForcesPerson: Lt GenPerson: Sean McCannPerson: Capt Thomas HolmesPerson: Bill WhelanPerson: Taoiseach Enda KennyPerson: AmbassadorPerson: Bobby McDonaghPerson: Dermot McCarthyPerson: Martin CallinanPerson: Queen ElizabethPerson: Queen VictoriaPerson: Robert NorrisPerson: Lady Diana FarnhamPerson: Foreign SecretaryPerson: William HaguePerson: John HumePerson: First MinisterPerson: David TrimblePerson: Mícheál Ó MuircheartaighPerson: Barry DouglasPerson: Edna O’BrienPerson: Rachel AllenEvent: Irish World War IOrganisation: Defence Forces Military BandsOrganisation: 2nd Field Artillery RegimentOrganisation: Air CorpsOrganisation: ArmyOrganisation: Naval ServiceOrganisation: RiverdanceOrganisation: SDLP
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