Board to be asked to consider renaming Kerry Airport after Daniel O'Connell

'Daniel O’Connell is the most significant Kerry and Irish person of all time'

A portrait of Daniel O'Connell by Nicholas Crowley. Amid concern his anniversary in August will not be properly marked, Killarney councillor John O’Donoghue has pursued two separate motions calling for proper recognition.

The board of Kerry Airport is to be asked to rename the county’s international gateway as the "Daniel O’Connell Airport” to coincide with the 250th anniversary of The Liberator.

However the airport, which is strongly associated with the global company and brand name Kerry, has resisted previous attempts to have the airport called after other key Kerry men.