How Fifty Years Have Flown By
28 October 2011
| Cork
A new book telling the story of Cork Airport's development from a windy hillside in the 1950s has been launched. Written by brothers Donal and Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil, "Fifty Years Have Flown" also covers the area's links with aerial matters before an airport was even conceived of. The history covers the reasoning behind the decision to locate the airport at its chosen site of Farmers Cross near Ballygarvan, south of Cork, and includes the tragic air accidents of 1968, 1985 and 2011. The book, published by Collins Press, is illustrated with many photographs providing a fascinating visual remembrance for older readers.