The first plane departed from the Old Terminal Building to head for Liverpool, all those years ago.
Dublin Airport is celebrating its anniversary today.
85 years ago today the first plane departed from the Old Terminal Building to head for Liverpool.
A celebration event is being held in the same building this afternoon, with live music and actors recreating the first day it opened.
Graeme McQueen from the daa says the airport has become a big part of Irish society in the last 85 years:

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