Wheels Around Connaught

Wheels Around Connaught Author: Cyril McIntyre Price: £7.99 Ireland was traditionally divided into four provinces, of which Connaught, comprising the counties of Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon, was the most westerly. This selection of photographs illustrates the many types of transport that plied around Connaught between the mid-Victorian period and the 1970s. Buses feature prominently, but there are also pictures of cars, horse-drawn carts, trains, lorries and trams, with a few more unusual vehicles including a hearse, horse box, mobile crane, tractor and ambulance. One photograph shows a decommissioned Great Southern Railway bus enjoying an extended lease of life as a Red Cross canteen. Connaught's big transport operators are represented alongside many of the small concerns that once provided public transport in this sparsely populated area of Ireland. Locations featured include Clifden, Galway, Lough Corrib, Westport, Achill Island, Salthill, Leenane, Ballina, Knock, Mallaranny, Sligo, Carrigallen and Athlone.

Author: Cyril McIntyre
Publisher: Stenlake
Extra Details: Pictorial Card Covers, 10 x 7 inches tall, lavishly illustrated with old B&W photos throughout.