Clonbullogue Aerodrome
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Clonbullogue Airfield is a small Irish airport located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Clonbollogue
and 6 NM south of Edenderry
in County Offaly
, Ireland
. It is owned and operated by the Irish Parachute Club
which is based at the field. The airfield has one grass runway running east-west which is 770 by. Six aircraft are based at the field, most of them owned by the Irish Parachute Club.
There is usually busy parachuting
at weekends and public holidays so flying restrictions are enforced around this area.
Clonbollogue
Clonbulloge is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. Bolg was the Celtic sun-god and this was probably a field where followers of Bolg assembled for worship. The common pronunciation of the village up to recent times was 'Clon Bolg', which endorses this interpretation...
and 6 NM south of Edenderry
Edenderry, County Offaly
Edenderry is a town in the north of County Offaly, Ireland. It is near the borders with Counties Kildare, Meath and Westmeath. The Grand Canal passes immediately south of the town through the Bog of Allen and there is a short spur to the town centre....
in County Offaly
County Offaly
County Offaly is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Offaly County Council is...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. It is owned and operated by the Irish Parachute Club
Irish Parachute Club
The Irish Parachute Club is located in Clonbullogue, County Offaly, in Ireland. It was founded in 1956 by wartime paratrooper Freddie Bond and began operations at Weston airfield in Leixlip, training several teams for international competition...
which is based at the field. The airfield has one grass runway running east-west which is 770 by. Six aircraft are based at the field, most of them owned by the Irish Parachute Club.
There is usually busy parachuting
Parachuting
Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of exiting an aircraft and returning to earth with the aid of a parachute. It may or may not involve a certain amount of free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal...
at weekends and public holidays so flying restrictions are enforced around this area.
