The first aircraft to land in Shannon was not an airplane nor was it in the twentieth century. On April 27, 1786, Richard Crosbie ascended in a balloon from Clancy Strand and travelled to the area that is now Shannon Airport. Crosbie was born in Wicklow and studied in Trinity College, Dublin. At six feet […]
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