Queen Victoria’s Visit to Ireland
Queen Victoria’s Visit to Ireland, silver medal, , 1900, by Spink, laureate veiled bust of Victoria left, rev. crowned Irish harp on spray of Shamrocks, TO COMMEMORATE THE/ VISIT OF HER/ MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY/ TO IRELAND/ IN THE 63RD/ YEAR OF HER REIGN, 39 mm (BHM 3662). Not recorded in this metal; at sometime cleaned, otherwise about extremely fine. £Sold
The Queen was greeted by enthusiastic crowds on her arrival and at a reception at Phoenix Park she met 52,000 children who had come from all parts of Ireland. ‘The Annual Register’ commented “ The visit was marred by no untoward incidents and its successful conclusion only raised the question as to who had been responsible for keeping the Queen apart from her Irish subjects for so many years”.
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