We will be visiting Ireland in June/July next year.
At this time we are at the ‘route planning’ stage.
I am aware of the Foynes Flying Boat museum and the Air Corps museum at Baldonnel. Are there any other museums or collections of aviation interest?
Are the Alcock & Brown Vimy flight memorials at County Galway still there and able to be visited?
Any pointers and leads warmly welcomed.
By: flyernzl - 14th July 2014 at 06:33
Thank you very much for the info, guys.
Keep them coming. I have to talk the wife into devoting at least part of the trip to aviation.
By: Consul - 13th July 2014 at 23:08
There is also a small collection at Dromod which includes some ex Irish Air Corps aircraft and a DC-7 nose and other components. It is co-located with some preserved railway engines and vehicles at a station yard. It is listed on this third party site: http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Europe/Ireland/Dromod/Cavan_Leitrim_Museum.htm
Not clear about opening times now, but I found the people there very welcoming when I visited a few years back.
Tim
By: Airfixtwin - 13th July 2014 at 20:32
If you’re visiting Foynes it would be worth going to Ataltic Airventure at Shannon airport
http://www.atlanticairventure.com/
Shannon occasionally has some interesting traffic, including US military transports if you fancy some spotting.
The National Museum at Collins Barracks is well worth a visit and has a very good display of militaria as well as the two aircraft. Admission is also free. If you wish to see other museums with military collections most of these are worth visiting: http://www.militaryheritage.ie/research/milmuseums/milmus-index.htm
For Baldonnel you’ll need to make an appointment to visit, but on most visits you’ll usually get a full tour of all the hangars that will include the aircraft currently operated by the air corps. Again well worth the effort.
North of the border, the UAS collection is worth visiting, but prior appointments is needed as the site is not open to the general public and casual visits. (it’s still owned by the government). And also the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, which has the Short SC.1, Short Sealand, Short 330 (nose), Ferguson monoplane and McCandless autogyro on display together with a fantastic array of trains and vehicles and also the buildings in the folk museum. You’ll need a whole day to see everything on the site.
By: Short finals - 12th July 2014 at 16:49
The National Museum at Collins Barracks in Dublin has a Vampire and Miles Magister on permanent display.
198 De Havilland Vampire T.11 by Irish251, on Flickr
34 by Ken Meegan, on Flickr
Currently an Alouette is on external display there also, but this will probably return to Baldonnel in due course. https://flic.kr/p/o3WCNW
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