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Foynes Flying Boat Museum
Foynes, Co. Limerick.
Phone: +353 69 65416
Facsimile: +353 69 65416
You can travel back in time in the museums authentic 1940s cinema, while watching the award winning film 'Atlantic Conquest'. The museum features the original Terminal Building, Radio and Weather Room (complete with transmitters, receivers and Morse code equipment). The exhibits feature an introduction to the first transatlantic passenger service and Foynes during the war years. Irish Coffee was invented in Foynes. Chef Joe Sheridan made the first in 1942 to warm up some damp and miserable passengers. Since then Irish Coffee has become one the most popular welcoming drinks in the world.
Foynes is on N69 Coast Road, 37km from Limerick City.
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