Pope Francis arrives at Dublin Airport The Pope in Ireland
Francis arrives back in Ireland
Some 38 years after he spent three months in Dublin as a Jesuit priest, Jorge Bergoglio returned to Dublin as Pope. He made history by becoming the first Pope since St John Paul II in 1979 to visit Ireland.
Pope Francis was welcomed by high-ranking State and Church officials including Tánaiste Simon Coveney, Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin and Irish Ambassador to the Holy See Emma Madigan.
He also met with the Boland family, whose daughter Jane won a competition to design vestments for the Papal Mass.
After brief greetings, he left the airport in the small blue Skoda that was to become his trademark on the trip.