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The Irish Parachute Club (IPC) 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. During the harsh winter of 1962, the IPC parachuted emergency supplies to snowbound farms in the Wicklow Mountains.The club later operated from a number of locations before establishing a drop zone in 1974 at Tokn Grass, west of Edenderry.

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  • The Irish Parachute Club (IPC) 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. During the harsh winter of 1962, the IPC parachuted emergency supplies to snowbound farms in the Wicklow Mountains.The club later operated from a number of locations before establishing a drop zone in 1974 at Tokn Grass, west of Edenderry.
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  • Clonbullogue Airfield
  • Irish Parachute Club
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  • Grass
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