Shannon Die ...Never

About the Book

Written in 1972 Shannon die Never goes on to tell the story of the actions taken by the employees of that Airport on hearing that their place of employment was to be over flown. The fact that their efforts turned Shannon into one of the best known Airports in the world, because of its Duty Free and Industrial Estate where companies from all over the world created tax free subsidiaries. Their plan was to a build ship to go into space and bring tourists from there back to Shannon. Without his knowledge Sam was instrumental in helping them accomplish this fete. The fiction became fact (at least the over flying part of it in 1993).

About the Author

Born in the USA Joe Hennessy was educated in Ireland. Finishing school in 1952 he went to work in operations with Seaboard & Western Airlines at Shannon Airport and while there he attended the Eastern Air Navigation School in NY, successfully graduating with an FAA Airlines Dispatcher’s license. In 1957 he worked with Transocean Airlines in Shannon before going to work with Intercontinental Airlines in New York/Luxembourg, Esephan, Iran and later in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia He was director of Traffic Control for Shannon Air LTD in Shannon before going to work with Air America, Udorn ,Thailand. He is now retired and living in Ireland.