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Journal Title	Architecture Ireland
Article Title	Epiphany's rainbow : the Marconi Station at Derrygimlagh, Connemara
Editor(s)	O'Connell, Sandra
Issue	(293)
Page(s)	pp26-27
Date	May / June 2017
Content	aerial views, photos, text
Note(s)	For this Wild Atlantic Way, Signature Discovery Point, Denis Byrne Architects created a 5km looped walk, visitor experience at the Marconi Station, (1907-1922), and landing site of Alcock & Brown's historic first non-stop transatlantic flight (1919). A series of Corten steel shelters or ‘hides’ have been installed, forming compact shelters containing interpretative content.
Subject(s)	industrial architecture ; boardwalks ; visitors' centres ; interpretive centres ; heritage tourism ; landscape ; rural areas ; telecommunications ; history
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