Katharine Tynan and The Aerodrome

Katharine Tynan's poem "The Aerodrome" is supposed to be a lament for her father's land being sold to become Baldonnel aerodrome (I think the father's land was actually sold to become the aerodrome at Tallaght - now Cookstown Industrial Estate - but have yet to prove this).

A memorial cross to her father, Andrew Cullen Tynan, is still in place on the Belgard Road. A memorial to Katharine Tynan can be found in Tallaght.

Her nephew Gerald Cullen Tynan O'Mahony (father of comedian Dave Allen) joined the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC aka Auxiliaries) having been commissioned into the British Army via the Dublin University Officer Training Corps (DUOTC). He was later managing director of the Irish Times.

The Tynan's had been actively involved with the Freeman's Journal. Nora Mahony's claim for compensation gives her address as Airfield House, Tallaght while the claim for losses in 1916 is for property in the Freeman's Journal property by the GPO in Princes Street.

1916 Property Losses Committee claim by Nora Tynan O'Mahony

Irish Air Corps - Arrival of the Moths

In 1926, 4 De Havilland DH.60 Cirrus Moths joined the Irish Air Corps and were duly numbered 23, 24, 25 and 26. A brief overview of their arrival in Ireland is mentioned in An t-Oglach, July 1926 :

DH60 Moths July 1926

Irish Air Corps

Emmet Dalton's witness statement gives a bit of a background to the acquisition of a Martnsyde, the first Irish Air Corps aircraft

Emmet Dalton witness statement

A list of Irish Air Corps aircraft with serial numbers, aircraft type, date of entering service can be found at :

Irish Aircraft list

A useful document with background information re many of the Irish Air Corps aircraft can be found at the following link :

Aircraft background information

The British Pathe site has a number of film clips relating to the Irish Air Corps and aviation in Ireland. The site has a workspace feature to bring related film clips together and I've tried to put the Irish aviation film clips in a workspace :

Irish Aviation workspace

RTE "Pioneers and Aviators : A Century of Irish Aviation"

Looking forward to catching the RTE production "Pioneers and Aviatiors : A Century of Irish Aviation", a 2 part production on this Thursday night (20th February 2014 at 10:15pm) on RTE 1. Part 2 the following Thursday (27th February 2014 at 10:15pm).

A very basic preview is available on YouTube (thanks to Jawgap on boards.ie for this link).

Appears to be produced by Avolon and directed by Michael Gilsenan :

http://www.avolon.aero/pressrelease/2014/pressRelease_pioneerAndAviators.htm