Maureen O'Hara among those attending a festival in Foynes celebrating the Irish coffee.
During the 1930s and 1940s Foynes in County Limerick was one of the most important airports in western Europe. Maureen O’Hara’s husband, Captain Charlie Blair, was one of the pilots who used to fly sea planes into Foynes. He flew the last commercial sea plane out of Foynes. Foynes is also the place where the now world famous Irish coffee was invented. The festival also coincides with Maureen O'Hara's seventy-sixth birthday.
The Irish Coffee Festival on 17 August attracts coffee makers from all over the world with all their own secrets on how to make the perfect Irish coffee.s.
This report for ‘Nationwide’ was broadcast on 28 September 1996. The reporter is Cathy Halloran.
Maureen O'Hara attends Irish Coffee Festival in Foynes, Co. Limerick (1996).
