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Outside jaunting car Ireland, c. 1890–1900. A jaunting car is a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, with a seat in front for the driver. In its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back, with the foot-boards projecting over the wheels and the typical conveyance for persons in Ireland at one time [1] (outside jaunting car).
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Irish jaunting car, or outside car (1890–1900) Jaunting car: a sprung cart in which passengers sat back to back with their feet outboard of the wheels. Karozzin: a traditional Maltese carriage drawn by one horse or a pair; Kid hack: a van used in the US for carrying children to and from school. Landau: A low-shelled, luxury, convertible carriage.
Pony trap in Brisbane, Australia, 1900. Pony and trap in northern England. Trap_or_cart,_c_1903. A trap, pony trap (sometimes pony and trap) or horse trap is a light, often sporty, two-wheeled or sometimes four-wheeled horse- or pony-drawn carriage, usually accommodating two to four persons in various seating arrangements, such as face-to-face or back-to-back.
Charles Bianconi (24 September 1786 – 22 September 1875) [1] was an Italo-Irish entrepreneur. Sometimes described as the "man who put Ireland on wheels", [2] [3] he developed a network of horse-drawn coaches that became Ireland's "first regular public transport" system.
The Irish Jaunting Car is a folk song associated with the United Kingdom and Ireland. The words were reportedly written by the entertainer Valentine Vousden in the late 1850s, shortly after Queen Victoria 's visit to Ireland, and events of the Crimean War . [ 1 ]
A late 19th-century painting of a jaunting car similar to the one used by Dorothy, William and Samuel. Because of the poor roads "in practice it meant going most of the way by foot. The car was purchased by Samuel Taylor Coleridge."
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