Tag: Fitzmaurice Place
In Pictures: 97th anniversary of first ever transatlantic east-west flight marked...
On Saturday last, the annual commemoration took place of the first ever transatlantic east-west flight in which Portlaoise man Col. James Fitzmaurice took part...
In Pictures: 95th anniversary of famous flight marked in Portlaoise
A special ceremony was held at Fitzmaurice Place in Portlaoise to mark the 95th anniversary of the first east west transatlantic flight recently.
This took...
In Pictures: Commemoration in Portlaoise for historic Colonel Fitzmaurice
Commemorations were held in Portlaoise, Dublin and Germany this week to mark the first airplane flight across the Atlantic from Europe to North America.
In...