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	Foynes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Foynes (Faing in Irish) is a small town and major port in County Limerick in the midwest of Ireland, located at the edge of hilly land on the southern bank of the Shannon Estuary.
		Foynes as a port has a longer history, being first surveyed in 1837, and is now the location of a major deep water seaport operated by the Shannon Foynes Port Company, an amalgamation under the Harbours Act 2000 of the agencies operating the ports of Limerick and Foynes.
		Foynes is near to Adare, a famous heritage town, and the city of Limerick.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foynes (482 words)

	Limerick County Council - Foynes Fire & Rescue Service - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Foynes’ fire-fighting equipment continued to be a standpipe and some lengths of hose, which depended on whatever pressure was in the ordinary domestic water system.
		This was assessed as being an area from the Kerry border near Tarbert to Foynes, and included inland parishes such as Ballyhahill, and it population was calculated to be 5,900, the worst off area being the extreme northwest corner from Glin to the border.
		And Foynes Harbour Trustees were deliberately developing the port for the importation of coal and the port plan anticipated the construction of additional berthing facilities for oil.
	www.limerickcoco.ie /fireandrescue/history_foynes.asp (843 words)

	Seanad Debates Official Report - 13-06-00
		Foynes Port is the only deep water port on the south west and west coasts and is involved in a wide range of imports and exports.
		Foynes Port Company is a major employer, employing 20 full-time and part-time staff and a casual dock workforce, which increases to more than 100 in busy periods from September to May. Employment can be increased for the benefit of the people of Foynes and the surrounding areas.
		Foynes Port is the largest deep water facility on the west coast with a capacity to cater for ships of 42,000 tonnes and the potential to increase that to 65,000 or 70,000 tonnes.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-00/s13june/sect2.htm (13714 words)

	Foynes
		Foynes (Faing in Irish) is a small town and major port in County Limerick, in the midwest of Ireland.
		Located at the edge of hilly land on the estuary of the River Shannon, it is noteworthy for having been, in the early years of aviation, the last port of call on the eastern shore of the Atlantic for flying boats.
		All of this changed following the construction and opening in 1942 of Shannon Airport on flat bogland across the river.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Foynes (227 words)

	Limerick Leader - July 17th, 1999 - News - Foynes is still on an upward flight path (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		THE glory days of Foynes as the centre of world aviation were celebrated in style last Friday evening in a party atmosphere which owed much to the fine weather.
		Her function, she said, was to launch the millennium calendar, a two-year calendar that includes photographs and information in tribute to all those who worked in Foynes.
		Minister de Valera was presented with a framed photograph of her grandfather in Foynes in 1939 and Ms O'Shaughnessy was presented with a gift on behalf of the friends and staff of the museum.
	www.limerick-leader.ie /issues/19990717/news04.html (486 words)

	Foynes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Situated by the estuary of the River Shannon, it is noteworthy as being the last port of call on the east of the Atlantic Ocean during the early years of aviation when flying boats frequented the area.
		This came about, it is said, in order to alleviate the suffering of cold and wet passengers during its aviation past, in the 1930s and 1940s.
		Foynes is located on the "coast road" to County Kerry.
	www.keywordmage.net /fo/foynes.html (194 words)

	Foynes Links
		Much that can be and is said by words cannot successfully Foynes A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
		Foynes Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
		Foynes Musical people always want one to be perfectly dumb at the very moment when one is longing to be perfectly deaf.
	www.welcome-2-europe.com /Ireland_Limerick_Localities_Foynes.html (1666 words)

	Irish Coffee Festival
		Foynes is a new town by Irish standards, less than two centuries old.
		Foynes as a port was first formally surveyed by J F Burgoynes, Harry D Jones and Richard Griffith.
		Foynes quickly established itself with regular flights by Pan Am, BOAC, and American Export Airlines with destinations including New York, Southampton, Montreal, Poole, Botwood, Lisbon etc. Flights to and from Foynes continued during World War II with the exception of Pan Am who suspended flights between October 1939 to May 1942.
	www.irishcoffeefestival.com /history_foynes.html (349 words)

	Foynes Flying Boat Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Foynes, Ireland, became the center of the aviation world from 1939 to 1945.
		In December 1935, the Irish Times announced that Foynes would be the site for the European Terminal for transatlantic air services.
		In 1942 Eleanor Roosevelt arrived in Foynes under the alias "Mrs.
	www.itapestry.com /foynesflyingboatmuseum (290 words)

	History of Shanagolden-Robertstown-Foynes
		In 1124, Turlogh O'Connor gathered a fleet together to cross the Shannon and plundered the lands of the Uí Conaill at Foynes Island.
		The port of Foynes is associated with the flying boats that flew out from the Shannon estuary in the late 1930s and early 1940s to cross the Atlantic to Newfoundland.
		In the last Census, the villages of Foynes and Shanagolden had a population of 558 and 412 respectively.
	www.limerickdioceseheritage.org /Shanagolden/hyShana.htm (203 words)

	Dail Debates Official Report - 28-06-00
		Foynes is a unique deep water facility and already I have had a number of inquiries about possible investment in the Foynes area as a result of the creation of a new single port company.
		I welcome the fact the Minister said it is impossible for Foynes to proceed with craneage and dust hoppers and to find 50% of the funding because of the financial situation of the company and the development of the west jetty.
		They relate specifically to the socio-economic wellbeing of Foynes which is the economic nerve centre for a hinterland stretching from the north Kerry border 13 miles to the west almost to Limerick city.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-00/28june/sect6.htm (13735 words)

	:: Early Aviation Flying Boat Era - Locations :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Foynes, Ireland is located on the Southern side of the river Shannon.
		In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Foynes had a seaplane terminus that was built to handle flying boats as they arrived and departed on the transatlantic journey.
		Today Foynes has a population of 558, yet the culture and history has the depth to occupy the minds of many.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /earlyaviation/Locations.asp?page=4 (203 words)

	www.limerickpost.ie \| todays news
		Foynes is currently the subject of a new marketing initiative, devised by the port authority and Shannon Development, which is pushing it as port call for leisure industry cruise liners
		City coordinator Andrew Mawhinney said that the development of Foynes port as part of the leisure industry is "great news” for Limerick and that with the new branding of Limerick as the Riverside City, it is "entirely appropriate that we attract more maritime tourism”.
		Foynes is a small town, well known in the region not only for its port, but also for its Flying Boat Museum, to which a number of other passengers, unwilling to take a lengthy bus trip, paid a visit during the one day port call on Monday.
	www.limerickpost.ie /dailynews.elive?id=6651&category=Daily-Thu (904 words)

	Limerick Leader - August 25th, 2001 - News - Report slams Foynes' spending (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was a stormy time for the company during which one chairman resigned and the company's chief executive officer retired, differences at board level were reported in the media and the public disclosure of salary levels forced the then Minister for the Marine to carry out an investigation.
		Asked to comment on the report, Colin Hetherington, the CEO of the new, amalgamated Shannon Foynes Port Company said it would be wrong for him "to comment on any points in the report which might be construed as critical of individuals".
		Both in Foynes and in Limerick, former board members are preparing their responses to the reports and these will be presented to the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources.
	www.limerickleader.ie /issues/20010825/news02.html (923 words)

	As Dúchas Dóchas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1837, it was known as Congreiff and was one of the principle seats of Robertstown parish.
		In 1836 Foynes was selected as the packet station for all transatlantic voyages.
		On July 1920 the Black and Tans burned the co-operative creamery in Foynes as a reprisal for the I.R.A. (Irish Republican Army) killing of Constable Fahey of the R.I.C. (Royal Irish Constabulary) in an ambush near Loghill.
	homepage.eircom.net /~asduchasdochas/homeweb2/map/info/foynes.html (373 words)

	Limerick Leader - May 10th, 2003 - News - 4m port road: Foynes derailed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Council sources and Shannon Foynes Port Company lay the blame at Iarnród Éireann for failing to finalise a level-crossing agreement and having the crossing approved by its Railway Inspectorate.
		Also venting his fury at the railroad authority is the chief executive of Shannon Foynes Port Company, Brian Byrne, who blasted: "The port is Ireland's largest bulk cargo handler, and to have that volume of heavy traffic trundling through the town while a 4m road is ready to accommodate it, is just not fair."
		Shannon Foynes Port Company was one of the funding partners for the multi-million euro road, along with Limerick County Council, the National Roads Authority and Department of Environment
	www.limerick-leader.ie /issues/20030510/news05.html (424 words)

	Limerick Leader - November 4th, 2000 - News - Foynes port road to cost over £3 million (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But the shortfall in money allocated to the project has been made up by the newly-amalgamated Foynes / Shannon Port Company who are now pledging an extra £1m towards the road's construction.
		The new road will give the port access to the main N69 to the east of Foynes, thus taking nearly all port-associated traffic out of the villege.
		The old Foynes Port Company had pledged £242,000 towards the project as part of its overall development plan.
	www.limerickleader.ie /issues/20001104/news04.html (265 words)

	Limerick Leader - July 10th, 1999 - News - Foynes recalls the golden era of flying boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		OLD memories and tall tales will be dusted down this Friday when Foynes celebrates a double anniversary--the 60 years since the first commercial flight by flying boat into Foynes and 10 years since the opening of the Foynes Flying Boat Museum.
		Her grandfather Eamon de Valera was in Foynes in July 1939 to welcome the pioneering crew of the Pan American Airways flying boat with its complement of passengers.
		Ms O'Shaughnessy is also pleased that the project, which she helped to spearhead a decade ago, can now face into the new century with a remarkable track record.
	www.limerick-leader.ie /issues/19990710/news03.html (392 words)

	RTE News - Foynes and Limerick port companies to be amalgamated
		The Minister for the Marine told the Chairmen of both companies that, following an investigation into their operations, the Government was no longer prepared to tolerate the actions of vested interests who were preventing the development of the Estuary.
		The Minister for the Marine, Frank Fahey, told the Chairmen of both companies at a meeting in Limerick that the Government could no longer tolerate this and they would be amalgamated.
		Accepting that there are likely to be difficulties, the Minister said he was determined the amalgamation will go ahead and legislation to support it will be passed by June.
	www.rte.ie /news/2000/0326/shannon.html (254 words)

	:: Early Aviation Flying Boat Era - Destination Foynes :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Foynes, Ireland in a BOAC Short Empire Class aircraft called the Caledonia.
		July 5, 1937 marked a monumental occasion in aviation history when the first transatlantic flight in a flying boat was completed.
		This flight not only put the Bay of Exploits and Foynes on the map, but also began a new era in global travel and communications.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /earlyaviation/FoynesSub.asp (312 words)

	RTE News - Foynes Boat Museum expansion plan launch
		A €1 million expansion plan for the Foynes Flying Boat Museum was being launched today in Co Limerick.
		The Boat Museum recalls the era from 1939 to 1945 when Foynes was the centre of the aviation world for air traffic between the US and Europe.
		The museum is to be expanded to attract greater numbers of tourists into the Mid-West region.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0118/foynes.html (86 words)

	Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Foynes museum recalls this era with a comprehensive range of exhibits and graphic illustrations.
		Foynes other claim to fame is the invention of the "Irish Coffee" in 1942.
		At that time, what little transatlantic air traffic came into Foynes was cold and drafty, and sometimes (if the "flying boat" in question leaked) wet.
	irishcoffee.com (278 words)

	O'Donoghue announces funding for Foynes Flying Boat Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Foynes Flying Boat Museum was founded in 1989.
		This unique visitor attraction in the Mid-West is the only flying boat museum in the country and is located in Foynes, County Limerick, which was the European hub for transatlantic flights from 1937 to 1945.
		The museum is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Ireland's role in the development of passenger travel from Europe to the United States and vice versa during that period.
	www.arts-sport-tourism.gov.ie /pressroom/pr_detail.asp?ID=517 (298 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 427 - 10 March, 1993 - Adjournment Debate. - Foynes (Limerick) Second Level Education ...
		As a native of Foynes, and a former pupil of the local secondary school, I am most disappointed that the Department of Education has not clarified what will happen to second level education there beyond 1995.
		In January 1991, the Sisters of Mercy wrote to the parents of the students stating that they would not be continuing with the provision of education beyond 1995.
		In February 1991 a public meeting was held in Foynes and all politicians pledged their support for the continuation of education at this location.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0427/D.0427.199303100133.html (891 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Obituaries from January 10, 2001
		He was born Sept. 17, 1958, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Edward N. and Patricia (Griffin) Foynes.
		Surviving are his wife, Patricia (Pecunies) Foynes of North Berwick; two brothers, Thomas Foynes, of Marshfield, Mass., and Andrew Foynes, of Scituate, Mass.; and two sisters, Patricia Foynes-Roach, of Scituate, Mass., and Maggie Foynes-Stokinger, of South Weymouth, Mass.
		FOYNES — Edward N. Foynes, 42, of North Berwick, Maine, died Jan. 7, 2001.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2001news/1_10obit.htm (862 words)

	RTE News - Foynes crew seek compensation deal
		The crew of the ship which sunk in Foynes on Monday has asked the International Transport Workers' Federation to negotiate with the ship's owners for a deal on the termination of their employment.
		According to the Irish ITF inspector, the 15 crew members - who are mainly Eastern European - feel they may not be required for the salvage operation and are now out of work.
		The inspector has gone to Foynes to negotiate a compensation deal for the termination of employment for the crew.
	www.rte.ie /news/2002/0605/foynes.html (115 words)

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