{"id":1191,"date":"2024-12-11T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/national-archives.go-vip.net\/?page_id=1191"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:13:34","slug":"an-irish-message-on-the-moon-tsch-2000-6-481","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/engage-and-learn\/stories-from-the-archive\/an-irish-message-on-the-moon-tsch-2000-6-481\/","title":{"rendered":"An Irish message on the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<section id=\"block-block_d589c29261ba8a48421de4347a69fac3\" class=\"landing-page-header-block title-width-default block-color-gold block-row-02-type-share block-row-02-share-position-bottom\" data-style=\"style-11\">    \n\n\t<div class=\"header row1-media\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"translation-notice\">\n        <div class=\"inner container\">\n            <p><strong>Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n ar f\u00e1il go luath<\/strong><\/p>\n            <p>\u00c1r leithsc\u00e9al as an m\u00edchaoithi\u00falacht. Cuirfear aistri\u00fach\u00e1n Gaeilge ar an leathanach seo ar f\u00e1il go luath. Go raibh maith agat as do chuid foighneachta agus muid ag obair ar leagan uasd\u00e1taithe.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-0\">An Irish message on the moon<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='media-wrap'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?w=600\" class=\"mobile\" alt=\"\" data-js=\"img-loader\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=197,300 197w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=768,1167 768w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=674,1024 674w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=1011,1536 1011w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=600,912 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text h3\"><p>The Apollo 11 mission, which achieved President John F. Kennedy\u2019s 1961 goal of a crewed lunar landing, included a historic message from Irish President \u00c9amon de Valera. The message was etched on a silicon disc along with messages from 72 other countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"share-button pulse fade-in\" data-js=\"share-button\">SHARE<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- mobile -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='media-wrap'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?w=600\" class=\"mobile\" alt=\"\" data-js=\"img-loader\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg 1341w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=197,300 197w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=768,1167 768w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=674,1024 674w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=1011,1536 1011w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/July-NixonMoonLetter.jpg?resize=600,912 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t<span class=\"notification-top\" data-js=\"share-copied\">URL copied to clipboard<\/span>\n\n\n<section id=\"block-block_a6b555ef04fe8c7e3f7859b14c29284f\" class=\"content-tile-block nai-block margin-top-small margin-bottom-none image_right text-regular text-black extra-padding-b bg-white no-border-top smaller-heading\" data-layout=\"layout-1-2\">        \n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image\" data-image=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-content cms-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Apollo 11 space mission was the culmination of United States President John F. Kennedy\u2019s goal, set in 1961, to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>A version of this short message from President \u00c9amon de Valera, contained in the letter across, was taken by Apollo 11 to the moon . The letter was sent from the Secretary of the Department of External Affairs Hugh McCann to the Secretary of the Department of the Taoiseach, Nicol\u00e1s \u00d3 Nuall\u00e1in (Nicholas Nolan).<\/p>\n<p>The text that de Valera ultimately sent to the moon, which was altered slightly, is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><em>Go ndeona\u00ed Dia go dtabharfaidh an mheabhair agus an misneach a chuir ar chumas an duine cos a leagan ar an ngealach go mbeidh ar a chumas chomh maith s\u00edoch\u00e1in agus sonas a chur in \u00e1irthe ar an talamh seo agus teacht sl\u00e1n \u00f3 chont\u00fairt a l\u00e9irscriosta f\u00e9in<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>May God grant that the skill and courage which have enabled man to alight upon the moon will enable him, also, to secure peace and happiness upon the earth and avoid the danger of self-destruction<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The request to send a message to the moon came from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was communicated to Dublin by the Irish Ambassador to the United States, William Fay. In a cable to the Department, Fay said that \u2018President de Valera, as one of Earth\u2019s most distinguished living citizens should send (a) message.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fay also informed them that, along with some other diplomatic colleagues, he had been invited to view the blast off from Cape Kennedy (Canaveral), Florida, on 16 July 1969. He was one of a select few invited to witness the take off in person, while 650 million people are estimated to have watched the lunar landing on television four days later.<\/p>\n<p>The process involved in getting the Ireland\u2019s message to the moon, along with those of seventy-two other countries, provides an insight into the history of technology in mid-twentieth century. NASA explained to Fay how the message was processed for preservation on the surface of the moon via a technique that was developed \u2018for etching microminiaturised electronic circuits utilised in NASA\u2019s space missions. With this process the messages of goodwill were etched on a silicon disc about 3cm in diameter.\u2019 The message appears on the disc exactly as it was sent but reduced two hundred times to a size smaller than the head of a pin. It can be clearly seen and read under a high-powered microscope.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for seeking these messages from countries around the world was in part to strengthen American diplomacy, with the Apollo 11 mission considered a \u2018soft-power victory\u2019 for the United States during the Cold War. The three members of the Apollo 11 crew, Neil Armstrong, Edwin \u2018Buzz\u2019 Aldrin and Michael Collins, went on another mission after they came back down to Earth, a twenty-four-country goodwill tour of the world promoting American cultural interests. Their endeavours have been linked to what has since been coined space diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of the safe return of the astronauts, Taoiseach Jack Lynch sent another message, this time to President Richard Nixon. He offered the astronauts and NASA ground control staff at Houston, Texas, \u2018the sincerest congratulations of the Government and people of Ireland\u2019 and he paid \u2018a special tribute to the wives and families of these brave pioneers.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The silicon disc containing the goodwill messages along with other less lofty items like bags of human waste, remain where the astronauts left them in 1969, intergalactic artefacts, evidence of humankind\u2019s first flight to the moon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1194 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TAOIS_2000_006_481_0001-scaled-1.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TAOIS_2000_006_481_0001-scaled-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TAOIS_2000_006_481_0001-scaled-1.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TAOIS_2000_006_481_0001-scaled-1.jpg?resize=768,960 768w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TAOIS_2000_006_481_0001-scaled-1.jpg?resize=819,1024 819w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TAOIS_2000_006_481_0001-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1229,1536 1229w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TAOIS_2000_006_481_0001-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1638,2048 1638w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TAOIS_2000_006_481_0001-scaled-1.jpg?resize=600,750 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1196 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TSCH_2000_6_481_00001.jpg?w=816\" alt=\"\" width=\"816\" height=\"1024\" 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https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TSCH_2000_6_481_00002.jpg?resize=600,811 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TSCH_2000_6_481_00003.jpg?w=812\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TSCH_2000_6_481_00003.jpg 2323w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TSCH_2000_6_481_00003.jpg?resize=238,300 238w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TSCH_2000_6_481_00003.jpg?resize=768,968 768w, https:\/\/nationalarchives.ie\/ga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/TSCH_2000_6_481_00003.jpg?resize=812,1024 812w, 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