They were used to refuel Short Empire Flying Boats on transatlantic services, two were based in Gander, Newfoundland and one based in Foynes, Ireland.
Although different variations of coffee cocktails pre-date the now-classic Irish coffee by at least 100 years, the original Irish coffee was invented and named by Joe Sheridan, a head chef at Foynes, County Limerick but originally from Castlederg, County Tyrone.
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