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).
The first of CIE's 152 RA class buses, RA1, is seen on route 8 on O'Connell Street. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
RA4 in O'Connell Street in 1960. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
RA30 in Dun Laoghaire in summer 2000. (Photo copyright Shane Conway).
RA38 and D607 seen on Buckingham Street, Dublin. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
Conyngham Road's RA39 was photographed in Hueston Station on 5th August 1980. (Photo copyright Martin Hewitt).
RA51 of Conyngham Road garage is seen parked outside the garage, a common practise in years gone by. (Photo copyright R.H.G. Simpson).
Summerhill's RA70 was photographed in Lower Abbey Street on 5th August 1980. (Photo copyright Martin Hewitt).
Summerhill's RA77 heading up Gardiner Street on route 20 in the late 1970s. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
RA83 of Summerhill garage was photographed on Eden Quay, Dublin. (Photo copyright R.H.G. Simpson).
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).
RA137 was the first CIE bus in blue and cream, and is seen here later in its career at Hueston Station. (Photo copyright unknown).
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).
U1 was CIE's first underfloor engined coach and is seen at the Montrose Hotel in the mid 1960s. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
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).
U30 seen in Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
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).
U41 seen in Busaras, Dublin alongside a PD2 loading for the Kildare service. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
U52 in Marlboro Street, Dublin in 1966. (Photo copyright A J Douglas).
U57 in its original rear entrance layout, seen in Cork. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
U58 in Conyngham Road garage in the late 1960s. (Photo copyright R H G Simpson).
U63, seen on Burgh Quay, Dublin in its original layout and badly in need of body repairs.
U65 seen in Broadstone garage following its conversion to dual door layout. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
U66 was one of several dual door Royal Tiger conversions, seen awaiting departure from Burgh Quay on route 27. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
U66 was one of several dual door Royal Tiger conversions, seen awaiting departure from Burgh Quay on route 27. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
U66, seen on Dublin's Eden Quay on September 5th 1967, was one of 28 dual door conversions of the 38 U class buses of 1954. Originally only U71 to U88 had a route number display, but all dual door buses in the U51 to U70 batch were also fitted with them on conversion. (Photo copyright John Bristow).
U81 seen in city service format on Eden Quay, Dublin. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
U81 in Bray in the mid to late 1950s. (Photo copyright Roy Marshall).
U84 seen in Donnybrook garage in its original layout in the red and cream livery. (Photo copyright A.J. Douglas).
UB8909, acquired from Ulsterbus in 1967, was new to the Ulster Transport Authority in 1949. Twenty years later, in July 1969, it was lying withdrawn in Galway garage along with contemporaries UB7493 and UB8563. (Photo copyright Roger Newport).
UB8911 was another of the dozen ex UTA Leyland PS2s bought from Ulsterbus in 1967 as temporary school buses. It is seen at Headford (Co. Galway or Co. Kerry??) on September 19th 1969. (Photo copyright John Bristow).
WT11 was one of 23 Worldmasters in the CIE fleet, seen in Limerick. (Photo copyright R.H.G. Simpson).
