Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 742
Title
1962 Dublin Airport Terminal
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Photographic paper, ink. cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
02/09/2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A black and white photograph of Dublin airport.
The airport was a British Royal Flying Corps base during World War I. It was taken over by the Air Corps when Ireland gained independence. Work commenced on the terminal in 1938 after the Government was persuaded to support “such an elaborate plan” despite the fact that annual passenger numbers were only in the hundreds. The tiered design and curvilinear forms echo the lines of the great ocean-going liners.
