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.
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