Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, arriving in Dún Laoghaire (renamed Kingstown in honour of King George IV's 1821 visit) on the 22nd of August, 1861. The monarch's third trip to Ireland, the eight-day visit was to be extremely important for the Irish tourism industry and is credited with putting Killarney on the Irish tourism map. Their eldest son was already in Ireland where he was undergoing military training at the Curragh in Co. Kildare.

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Size: 2535px × 2070px
Location: Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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