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As of March 2024, An Garda Síochána's fleet of 3,513 vehicles was made up of 2,655 cars (1,046 marked and 1,609 unmarked), 562 vans, 140 motorcycles, 103 four-wheel drive vehicles, and 53 other types. [1] The fleet is managed by the Garda Fleet management Section. [2]
The punitive tax on imported cars encouraged a wide range of companies to assemble their cars locally including Fiat, Ford and Renault. [1] From Ireland's entry to the European Union in 1973, the need for locally produced cars to avoid import taxes reduced and since the 1980s, production ended and all cars are now imported.
The biggest cairn in Ireland, Maeve's Cairn on Knocknarea. A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn [ˈkʰaːrˠn̪ˠ] (plural càirn [ˈkʰaːrˠɲ]). [1] Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes.
Whitecars became a hackneyed title for Cairns Tableland Motor Service Ltd as the first "buses" were Studebaker cars stretched to include an extra row of seats, and they were painted white for safety. The company was bought by other interests in 1947 and the founder purchased the company back in 1950 where it has remained in the family to this ...
Court cairns are scattered densely across this area of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Thirty percent of all Irish neolithic monuments are court cairns. [ 1 ] The court cairn at Creevykeel in County Sligo was the first court cairn to be excavated in Ireland by archaeologists from Harvard University in 1935.
Used fitted to MOWAG APCs and Army Ranger Wing vehicles. Anti-tank weapons AT4 Short Range Anti-Armour Weapon (SRAAW) Sweden: Recoilless guns: 84 mm The AT4 entered service in 1997. The SRAAW is a recoilless, preloaded disposable weapon. [2] Carl Gustav 84mm Anti-Armour Weapon Sweden: Recoilless rifles: 84 mm
This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland , and include burial sites (including passage tombs , portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens) ) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows ).
Early photograph of car with County Cork registration plate "IF 644" 1951–1956 Ford Consul with County Kildare registration plate ZW 2202 – contemporary photograph. From 1903, the system used in Ireland was part of the original British system of identifiers. [13] This was superseded in Ireland on 1 January 1987.