High flyers land at aviation's Irish home in Foynes

The redeveloped Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum is now the largest aviation museum in Ireland

Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum board chairman Eamonn Brennan shows Taoiseach Leo Varadkar the museum's new flight simulator, at the official opening of the redevelopment. Picture: Arthur Ellis.

High flyers from the world of aviation and politics touched down at Foynes, Co Limerick today, to cut the ribbon on a €5m redevelopment of the town’s famous Flying Boat Museum.

A hidden gem, Foynes oozes a warm quaintness, but its idyllic location, on the banks of the Shannon Estuary, was once a bustling hub for Ireland’s first commercial transatlantic services.