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Irish museum honours duty-free’s founderIrish museum honours duty-free’s founder
1-Apr-2005
The life and work of Dr Brendan O'Regan, who established the first modern duty-free shop at Shannon airport in 1947, has been documented and collected by the National Museum of Ireland
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An archive of 14 CDs based on interviews with O'Regan traces the development of modern duty-free, the founding of the Shannon Development Co, O'Regan's role as head of Ireland's tourism
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