AA1 was the first of the three AEC Regent Mk.5s and was seen in Waterford on its usual service to Tramore. The destination blind is that of a single decker, and these buses later had the glass partly painted over to show just one placename. (Photo copyright R.H.G.Simpson).
AR7 in Conyngham Road garage in late 1961. (Photo courtesy of the Transport Enthusiasts Club).
Ex Great Northern Railway AR294 passing Busaras in the early 1960s. Dating from 1948, the bus became a staff bus in 1967, repainted yellow. (photo copyright R H G Simpson).
AR302 was an ex Great Northern Park Royal bodied AEC Regent new in 1953. Seen in Lower Abbey Street, Dublin on September 5th 1967, the bus was to only see 20 more days service after this photo was taken. It was destined to be the last AEC decker on Dublin streets, until Dualway Coaches began using a Routemaster in 1994. (Photo copyright John Bristow).
The last AEC Regent delivered to the GNR in 1953, (later CIE's AR442) in Drogheda bus station in the mid 1960s. Even at this late stage in its life it was still in green livery, and was withdrawn in these colours. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
The second example of the only six new Daimler buses, DR2, ever purchased by CIE is seen on its regular haunt, route 72 from Oxmantown Road to O’Connell Bridge. Basically it comprises a pure pre-war style Leyland body, a wartime Daimler chassis (with tiny headlights), for post war service in a country which remained neutral throughout 1939 to 1945. It also highlights the dire shortage of new buses at the time that operators would buy ANYTHING that could move!! (Photo courtesy of the Transport Enthusiasts Club).
MTD 235 following an accident while on trial with the Great Northern in 1952. (Photo courtesy of Gary Manahan).
MTD 235 was sold to Pennine of Gargrave in 1952, and remained with them ever since, as seen at their depot on December 17th 2005. It is now undergoing a restoration. (Photo supplied by M. Wilson).
MTD 235 was sold to Pennine of Gargrave in 1952, and remained with them ever since, as seen at their depot on December 17th 2005. It is now undergoing a restoration. (Photo supplied by M. Wilson).
MTD 235 was sold to Pennine of Gargrave in 1952, and remained with them ever since, as seen at their depot on December 17th 2005. It is now undergoing a restoration. (Photo supplied by M. Wilson).
P5 at the Killiney terminus of route 59 in 1961. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
P105 at an unknown location (possibly Enniskerry?) during the 1950s. (Photo copyright Roy Marshall).
P106 seen in the reversed coach livery used before the introduction of the yellow and grey full-fronted Leyland Tigers. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
P126 shows the original front entrance layout used for CIE's first new buses in the late 1940s. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
P148 (with P322 alongside it) at Sligo railway station in the early 1960s. (Photo copyright Robert Grieves).
P161, new in July 1950, was the first of CIE's 30 full-front Leyland Tiger coaches. Seen near Dingle on September 9th 1967, the vehicle was withdrawn and scrapped in 1971. (Photo copyright John Bristow).
P193 at Conyngham Road garage, Dublin in 1984. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
P250 of Clontarf garage working on route 51A was seen in North Earl Street, Dublin on September 5th 1967. Originally part of a batch of 55 similar "city" P class buses, their numbers had dropped to 20 still in service when the photo was taken. (Photo copyright John Bristow).
P266 at Coolatree Road, Beaumont in the late 1960s. (Photo copyright Nigel Bennett).
P272 seen on Drumcondra Road in the early 1960s, having been converted to rear entrance layout. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
P280 in the later red and cream livery, is seen with another Tiger and a Titan, possibly in Cork. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
P284 (preserved) in Broadstone garage in 1985. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
P287 is a Leyland OPS3 full front coach new in 1951. On July 14th 1969 this 18 year old vehicle was found working the Galway to Sligo service, passing through Tuam. As built these coaches had 30 seats, but were altered later on to 35 or 39 seats, with some being rebuilt to rear entrance and others being fitted with a destination box. Judging by the number of open windows on the bus, it must have been a hot summer!!!! (Photo copyright Roger Newport).
P317 was photographed in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim on September 8th 1967. It was one of a batch of 71 PS2/14 Tigers bought in 1953, for narrow roads in rural areas. (Photo copyright John Bristow).
P326 in Limerick garage in 1969. (Photo copyright Nigel Bennett).
P347 interior looking rearwards from the driver's cab. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
R269 was one of CIE's first new double deckers in 1946/47, seen here on Burgh Quay, Dublin. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
R270 was one of CIE's first new double deckers in 1946/47, seen here on Marlborough Street, Dublin. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
R279, a 1947 Leyland OPD2/1, seen at Eyre Square, Galway on September 3rd 1966. The bus is one of those painted in Galway's version of the blue and cream livery, and was scrapped in November 1967.(Photo copyright John Bristow).
R283 was one of the first ten of CIE's standard design of postwar halfcab decker on Leyland OPD2 chassis. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
After replacement by Atlanteans in Dublin, some of the first 100 Leyland bodied PD2s were transferred to Cork, Limerick and Galway, including R293 at Parnell Place. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R299 was one of the 150 all-Leyland buses bought by CIE in 1948/49, seen here on Drumcondra Road. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
After replacement by Atlanteans in Dublin, some of the first 100 Leyland bodied PD2s were transferred to Cork, Limerick and Galway, including R327 on the Ballinacurra route in Limerick. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R357 was one of the 150 all-Leyland buses bought by CIE in 1948/49, seen here on Eden Quay, Dublin on a football special service. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
R370 heading south on O'Connell Street, Dublin. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R379 on Nassau Street, Dublin in the mid 1960s. (Photo copyright A J Douglas).
Preserved R389 seen in Broadstone garage in 1984. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
R393 at College Green, Dublin on 2nd April 1969. (Photo copyright Julian Osborne).
R394 seen parked inside Busaras on a special working, possibly to the Curragh Races or a similar event. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R409 seen in Conyngham Road garage alongside Royal Tiger U55. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R423 in Donnybrook garage with larger sister bus R528. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R425 on Aston Quay with a blind for route 37A, a service which was planned but never introduced. The Villa Park route was 37; football fans may spot the link between the two ends of the route! (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Galway based R432 heading from Eyre Square to Mervue. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R433 again at Eyre Square, on the Blackrock route in Galway. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Six of the Capetowns worked from Galway for many years, including R434 in the original green livery at Eyre Square. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R434 again, this time in the Galway version of the blue and cream livery, with Atlantean D71 behind it. (Photo copyright P M Tulloch).
R435 seen at Eyre Square, Galway in July 1969, was one of six "Capetowns" (R432 - 437) allocated to Galway. New in July 1949, three of them had been withdrawn by the time this photo was taken, and the final trio went in 1970. (Photo copyright Roger Newport).
Leyland bodied PD2 R437 at rest in suburban Galway, bound for Eyre Square. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R461 on Dublin's route 23, is seen on the North Quays having just passed Capel Street bridge. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R461 in Middle Abbey Street, Dublin in the mid 1960s. (Photo copyright A J Douglas).
Seen on Cork city route 5 to Blackpool, R467 was pictured outside Parnell Place bus station. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R483 in Conyngham Road garage yard, with part of Hueston station just visible behind the bus. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Donnybrook's R506 was seen on a special service to the Royal Dublin Society premises at Ballsbridge. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Clontarf's R515 seen heading west past Busaras, in the days of two way traffic. Two ex GNR single deckers can be seen inside Busaras. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Seen in Conyngham Road garage, R517 keeps company with PD3 RA54. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R519 at the Burgh Quay terminus of route 48A. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Ex Airport coach R541 seen in its later guise as a half cab bus in Donnybrook garage. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R541 was one of the six former Airport coaches rebuilt to buses in 1964, seen in Donnybrook garage. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
Airport coach R542 at Busaras in the late 1950s, in the original Aer Lingus livery, (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R542 in its last weeks of Airport service, at Busaras on 7th September 1964. (Photo copyright Dave O'Connor).
R542 in blue and cream leads a line-up of three of the six Titan coaches at Busaras in 1964. (Photo copyright Dave O'Connor).
R541 – R546 were very stylishly finished double deck coaches, new in 1953 for the express service to Dublin Airport. They had a centre entrance and staircase, seating for 50 and a large walk in luggage compartment behind the back axle. After 11 years on the airport service, they were converted to half cab rear platform buses and replaced by Leyland Royal Tigers. R545 was seen in Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin in the mid 1950s. (Photo copyright Robert Grieves).
R545 seen at Busaras in the early 1960s following its repaint to blue and cream. (Photo copyright John Gallagher).
R546 at Burgh Quay. Close scrutiny reveals a slight difference in the treatment of the former emergency door as compared to R541. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R547 (with R548 alongside it) in Conyngham Road garage. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Cork based R554 heads off on route 11 to Tivoli. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R560 of Conyngham Road garage seen at Aston Quay on route 39A from Clonsilla. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R565 was the first of ten OPD2s fitted with platform doors from new. After 12 years service in Dublin, it was transferred to Limerick, where it is seen on the Shannon Airport service. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R572 passing St. Stephens Green in 1966. (Photo copyight A J Douglas).
R572 in Tremont Street, Boston on 25th March 1982. (Photo copyright Julian Osborne).
R575 to R580 were 7' 6" wide OPD2s which received the bodies off the 1946 Daimlers. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R596 on route 14 in Cork. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R611 on route 44A in Lower Abbey Street, Dublin, before its transfer to Galway where it later narrowly escaped preservation. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Conyngham Road's R632 is seen in the garage yard alongside R457. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R643 on Limerick city route 2, with a new C class bus on the Kilkee service behind it. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Cork's R650 seen working on route 8 to Bishopstown. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).,
Originally allocated to Ringsend garage in Dublin, R676 moved south to Cork arounsd 1960 when the larger RA class buses entered service. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Preserved R686 at the I T T rally in Bangor, Co. Down in 1992, its sixteenth year in preservation. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
R690 was photographed passing Parnell Place in Cork while working city route 2. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Salthill was probably the most westerly point to which CIE double deckers worked, here R693's crew have a chat before departure from Eyre Square. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
On July 8th 1969, Leyland OPD2/10 R693 was seen passing Loyola Park on the Knocknacarra route in Galway. New in October 1956, it ran in service until December 1974 and was scrapped a year later. The route to Knocknacarra seems to have had good loadings at the time, and is today provided by a private operator with Dennis Darts. (Photo copyright Roger Newport).
R698, also seen in Cork, displays an advert for beer, while the E class Leopard alongside is promoting whiskey! (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Apart from city routes, Cork deckers also worked rural services, such as Blarney. R699 waits alongside Bolton R299 with another Bolton and Leopard C43. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R700, also in Cork, has been fitted with the later style of large window for the destination display. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R703 carried the original version of blue and cream livery when it was photographed in Patrick Street, Cork. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
A lone R707 seen in Parnell Place, while a Mk. 1 Ford Cortina (probably assembled in the local Ford plant) comes off the bridge behind the bus. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R711 seen in Waterford city centre, with contemporary trucks and cars in the background. Note the bus stop sign clamped to the lamp-post. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R717 seen parked in Conyngham Road garage along with R802 and R460. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R727, seen at Eyre Square, Galway in July 1969, was one of just four CIE Titans outside of Dublin to receive the revised triple window destination display as introduced in 1964 on the Dublin based R900 series PD3s, and this was the sole Galway example. (Photo copyright Roger Newport).
R762, new in October 1957, was photographed on Eden Quay on April 2nd 1969 while working on route 54A. This bus was one of three R class to have the side destination panel below the blue painted moulding strip, all other Rs had it above. (Photo copyright Julian Osborne).
R766 was photographed working on route 5 to Fairgreen in Limerick. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R788 at Showbus, Woburn Abbey on 7th July 1988. Behind R788 is seen a London General B type bus from pre World War 1. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
Another Conyngham Road bus, R795 is seen parked on the roadway outside the garage, with the wall and trees of the Phoenix Park as a backdrop. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
R797 seen at Limerick railway station, was the highest numbered R class bus to be fitted with platform doors while in CIE service. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
The final 35 R class buses reverted back to the twin upper deck windscreen layout, here R803 mingles with other CIE bus types on Aston Quay in Dublin. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Ringsend's R818 crosses O'Connell Bridge on a southbound 54A, with an early Atlantean going north on route 19A. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
After withdrawal, R819 was converted to a towbus. This slightly blurry photo was taken from the top deck of a bus on Eden Quay as R819 was hauling a dead KD class Bombardier back to Ringsend garage. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
R824 crossing O'Connell Bridge in 1963. (Photo copyright A J Douglas).
R827, after restoration to green livery, took part in many vintage displays. This event was the Mosney run in 1985, which ended in Howth, a destination not entirely unknown to this bus during its service days. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
R901 on the Malahide Road, Dublin in the late 1970s. (Photo copyright A J Douglas).
R907 of Summerhill garage photographed in Malahide in 1966. (Photo copyright Dave O'Connor).
R911 joined the TMSI collection in 1981, and is seen here on Geroge's Street, Drogheda, returning from a visit to the former Rathgory Car Museum near Dunleer. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
Seen on a visit to Inchicore railway works on 21st July 1982, R913 was then the current works staff bus. It was later bought and restored to original condition. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
The then freshly restored R913 took part in the Dublin Bay rally in 1988, flanked by preserved RA30 and Dublin Bus Atlantean DF442. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
R918 was originally allocated to Summerhill and was pictured at Eden Quay on route 41 to Swords. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
Summerhill based R921 on route 16A on the Drumcondra road in the mid 1960s. (Photo copyright unknown).
RA4 in O'Connell Street in 1960. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
RA30 in Dun Laoghaire in summer 2000. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
RA103, awaiting final cutting up, in Broadstone scrapyard in 1982. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
RA128 in O'Connell Street in the early 1960s. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
RA136 awaiting incoming rail passengers at Hueston Station in July 1980. (Photo copyright Martin Hewitt).
T13 was one of CIE's first new buses in 1947, later it was sold to Doyle of Roundwood who altered it to full front. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
T16 at Burgh Quay, Dublin during the 1950s. (Photo copyright Robert Grieves).
Centre stage in Galway garage yard on a July day in 1969 was Leyland Royal Tiger coach U19, later acquired for preservation (and subsequently broken up alas). Behind it can be seen two C class Leopards and one E class, and alongside it is a glimpse of an ex Ulsterbus Leyland PS2, one of 50 Northern Ireland Tigers acquired by CIE in the early days of the free school transport scheme. (Photo copyright Roger Newport).
U22 at an unknown location, probably during the late 1950s. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
U23, seen in Glengariff, Co. Cork on September 9th 1967 was new in June 1955. From March 1970 it had a ten year career as a driver trainer, prior to its scrapping. (Photo copyright John Bristow).
U35 seen arriving at Busaras in the blue and cream livery used on these coaches for the Dublin Airport service. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
U36 in the original yellow and grey colours. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
U40 in Parnell Place, Cork in the late 1960s. (Photo copyright Roy Marshall).
U40 seen in Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
