• As a child in the 60's my father occasionally brought us to the airport to see the planes. We used to go everywhere over the buildings even as far as the stairway directly below the control tower at this point. Sad how security measures have reduced our freedoms. - RETRO STU
  • Local Aviation enthusiasts used to gather at this spot, mostly at weekends myself included, We would leave our pedal cycles at the side of the building and walk up to the level know as "The Turret" where excellent views could be had over the airfield. This happened up to approx the early 1970's - Flame1958

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An Aer Lingus DC-3 plane at Dublin Airport's original terminal building. This curved building won design awards for its architect, Desmond Fitzgerald, brother of former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Garret Fitzgerald, who worked in Aer Lingus for a number of years.

Date: Circa 1950

NLI Ref.: VAL 2069

Simon Birky Hartmann, petergriffin_1892, kitchener.lord, Mike | MP-P, and 126 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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  1. Shibnath Ghosh 17 months ago | reply

    hallo

  2. caz.caswell 16 months ago | reply

    could be EI-ACK; the name looks like St Albert

  3. National Library of Ireland on The Commons 16 months ago | reply

    I'll see if I can replace this one with a higher res version so we can find out once and for all if it is the St. Albert...

  4. Talal Abdulghani 16 months ago | reply

    nice shot

  5. National Library of Ireland on The Commons 16 months ago | reply

    Thank you!

  6. yanisslav 15 months ago | reply

    LOL, it's beautiful!

  7. LTCE 14 months ago | reply

    Nice!

  8. nachu2005 13 months ago | reply

    very nice old photo

  9. Francisco Aragão 13 months ago | reply

    Fantastic Douglas DC-3 !

  10. mambo1935 11 months ago | reply

    beauty!

  11. excellence III 11 months ago | reply

    Outstanding

  12. EI-DTG 9 months ago | reply

    Historic shot of a great aircraft in front of a timeless building - well done.

  13. blesm02 8 months ago | reply

    Great pic, begs a painting?? shame i only paint from my own!

  14. Howard33 3 months ago | reply

    I hope the building is still there, and the airplane is still flying.

  15. National Library of Ireland on The Commons 3 months ago | reply

    Can't speak for the airplane, but the building is still there, although very dwarfed by modern additions around it...

  16. guliolopez 2 months ago | reply

    Hi. Per my note a number of months ago the terminal is still very much there. Although no longer part of the public section of the airport campus. The aircraft is almost definitely still not flying. Carol promised (hint hint) a higher res version of the image so we could confirm, but I think the name on the nose is "St Albert". If this is the St Albert, it is EI-ACK which is an Ex USAAF DC3 with Serial 43-15037. It is no longer flying, but is on display at TAP HQ at Lisbon Airport with a "fake" reg number. (IF it is the St Albert that is. Carol will give us a high-res so we can check soon...)

    (slopes off sniggering)

  17. National Library of Ireland on The Commons 2 months ago | reply

    You'll be sniggering even more when I tell you (hanging head in shame) that I don't have a higher res version of this one!

    (sneaks off shamefully)

  18. excellentzebu1050 2 months ago | reply

    Brilliant Picture !

  19. xam19 6 weeks ago | reply

    Munto legal

  20. luvhart 3 weeks ago | reply

    The Old Dublin Airport Terminal in this picture is such a beautiful Art-Deco building. Its a shame thats it been swallowed up by further expansion of the airport since then.

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