P. A. Ó Síocháin
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Pádraig Augustine Ó Síocháin was an Irish journalist, author, lawyer, Irish language activist and entrepreneur, born in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland on 26 May 1905, the sixth child of D. D. Sheehan,
P. A. Ó Siocháin in 1985, age 80, modelling one of his Aran cardigans.
P. A. Ó Siocháin SC presenting his book on the Aran Islands to President John F. Kennedy at an Áras an Uachtaráin reception for Irish Exporter's during the President's official visit to Ireland in July 1962.
Bremen (aircraft)
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The Bremen is a German Junkers W 33 aircraft that made the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west on April 12 and 13, 1928.
P. A. Ó Síocháin
…and aviation correspondent for The Irish Times, reporting exclusively on the first non-stop east–west transatlantic flight in 1928 by an aeroplane, the Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, from Baldonnel Airfield, County Dublin. He was one of the founder members of The Irish Press in 1931, for which…
Bremen after the transatlantic crossing
The Bremen in Baldonnel getting ready for take-off
Celebratory parade in New York City (April 30, 1928)
The Bremen in modern times