Selection from the Book: 3
Pan Am Pacific Clipper at newly constructed Foynes jetty, 1945
Imperial Airways Short 23 Flying boat arrives at Foynes on first proving flight on the North Atlantic under Captain A.S. Wilcockson, July 4 1937
B 314 Yankee Clipper at Foynes
Loading bowling alleys on first cargo shipment from Shannon Free Zone 1959
Aerial View of Shannon Airport early 1948
Valuable goods such as watches and cameras attracted foreign buyers to the Shannon Duty Free shop
James O Regan with his family in France, 1927 where they studied how the French ran their hotels
Ken Whitaker, Brendan O'Regan and J. J. Dempsey at first meeting of Co-operation North 27 June 1978
Marilyn Monroe trying an Irish Coffee while Shannon Catering Chef Bill Ryan looks on
Opening of O'Regan Park in Newmarket August 2003
Obair's Family Centre, Newmarket-on-Fergus
Portrait of James O'Regan by Edward S. Hynes unveiled on his 85th birthday, 1961
President Mary McAleese with Queen Elizabeth and Co-operation Ireland Chariman Dr. C. Moran
Brendan O'Regan with Chuck Feeney at Bunratty Banquet
Siamsa Tire, National Folk Theatre of Ireland. Dance scene from Fadó Fadó
Brendan, in his ninetieth year, with Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, at Clare Museum exhibition on his life, February 2007
Duke of Edinburgh arrives at Shannon, 1961 and compliments O'Regan on lunch prepared by Shannon Catering; talks to O'Regan about the Shannon Duty Free business
Shannon College of Hotel Management (Photograph by Declan Monaghan)
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Shannon Industrial Estate.
Photo: Diarmuid Greene / True Media
Siamsa External of ARTS Centre, Tralee
Shannon Town Aerial
Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern meet with Co-Operation Ireland staff at Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, May 2009
Teach Siamsa Sod Turning Ceremony with minister Tom O'Donnell, Brendan and Bishop Eamon Casey in attendance
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (C), Ireland's Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Eamon Gilmore (R) and CEO of Shannon development Vincent Cunnane (L), meet at Shannon Development Head Office in Shannon on February 18, 2012. Photo credit: MAXWELLS/AFP/Getty Images
Brendan with Taiwanese Development Minister at Shannon 1965
Brendan setting out in a hunt with two of his children, Geraldine and Declan
Brendan accompanies Taosieach, Sean Lemass and Minister, Erskine Childers, on a visit to Shannon Town 1965
Brendan and members of the Irish Peace Institute visit President Mary McAleese at Áras an Uachtaráin
Brendan being congratulated by his good friend, Brum Henderson, on his Honorary Degee from Queens University
Brendan as a young boy at Blackrock College with College President, John Charles McQuaid, and Éamon de Valera, holding a tray of rosettes for the winners at the Blackrock Gymkhana.
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