'Shannon Airport Rineanna Éire' handkerchief

"A gift to Anastasia O'Loan from her cousin, Liam Ó hÉideáin, who worked in air traffic control at Shannon Airport for many years. In 1936, the Government of Ireland confirmed that it would develop a 3.1-square-kilometre site at Rineanna for the country's first transatlantic airport. The land on which the airport was to be built was boggy, and in 1936 work began to drain the land. By 1942 a serviceable airport had been established and was named Shannon Airport. "