Watch: The Queen's 1961 visit to Northern Ireland

File photo dated 29/06/59 of Queen Elizabeth IIFile photo dated 29/06/59 of Queen Elizabeth II
File photo dated 29/06/59 of Queen Elizabeth II
Watch this footage from the Queen's 1961 visit to Northern Ireland as she celebrates her 90th birthday.

During the visit - more than 50 years ago - the Queen starts meeting Ulster folk when the ship docks in Carrickfergus and she visits Carrickfergus Castle.

She then travels to Belfast where she visits a factory and then Bangor where she meets members of the council in Bangor Town Hall.

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