[Photograph of de Valera kissing the ring of Cardinal Gregory Peter XV Agagianian, Papal Legate to the Patrician Congress.]

[De Valera and religious at plane (prior to departure).]

[Studio portrait of Cardinal D'Alton and photograph of Cardinal D'Alton and de Valera on the boarding steps of an Aer Lingus plane.]

[Frank Aiken, Minister for External Affairs, chatting with Mrs. Sally de Valera, wife of Dr. Eamonn de Valera and the Taoiseach.]

[Dr. Eamonn de Valera, the Taoiseach and Fr. Benedict O.D.C boarding the plane.]

[Photographs of Rev. Dr. Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne.]

[Photograph of President de Valera kissing the ring of Rev. Dr. John Charles McQuaid Archbishop of Dublin.]

[Photograph of President de Valera surrounded by a huge crowd, leaving an unidentified building, flying the Papal flag.]

[Photograph of President de Valera taking tea with two unidentified men.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[De Valera with his grandchildren Máire and Eamonn, children of Dr. Eamonn de Valera.]

[Frank Aiken, de Valera and Major Vivion de Valera walking across the tarmac at Dublin Airport.]

[Photograph of President de Valera surrounded by a huge crowd, leaving an unidentified building.]

[Photograph of President de Valera surrounded by a huge crowd, leaving an unidentified building, flying the Papal flag.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[File on President de Valera's official opening of the new Coláiste Uladh at Gortahork, Co. Donegal.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]

[Press photographs of de Valera's one day visit to Lourdes on Easter Sunday 1971.]