Southern Cross monument on Portmarnock beach, north County Dublin

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monument, beach, road, Portmarknock, North County Dublin, Ireland, Velvet Strand, border of Sutton and Howth, Sculpture by Rachel Joynt and Remco De Fouw celebrating Portmarnock's Velvet Beach being used as a runway for the first successful East to West Transatlantic flight on June 24th. 1930.

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Size: 7085px × 4779px
Photo credit: © Vincent O'Byrne / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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