8716 Wheelright at work in Ennis Special Collections and Archives Department
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2024-10-20 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.7.1 2026-03-15 02:22 UTC English Wheelright at work in Ennis P50/1/1/8716 8505 August 1965 1 item Special Collections and Archives Department
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Shannon Development

In 1957, The Shannon Airport Development Authority (SADA) was set up with the aim to make Shannon Airport more appealing through the promotion of freight traffic and the development of nearby tourist facilities.In 1959, SADA became the Shannon Free Airport Development Company (SFADCo). SFADCo would receive funding from the government and have the additional functions of establishing an industrial estate and housing for workers.In 2014, Shannon Development was amalgamated into Shannon Group (later The Shannon Airport Group), a conglomerate of aviation, property, and tourism businesses created to drive the economy of the west of Ireland.

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Black and white negative of the wheelright at work building wheels in Ennis.

Available digitally on the University of Limerick Digital Library at https://digitallibrary.ul.ie/node/98606.

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