The Motorcar in Ireland: 1896-1939

The motorcar changed Ireland irrevocably. The Motorcar in Ireland will offer an overall historical assessment of the development of the motorcar within Ireland and its role as a modernizing force impacting and influencing change on the island between the years 1896—1939. It also determines the nature of the relationships that developed between the motorcar, the state and the motor industry during this period, and how these groups encouraged or discouraged the development of car culture with...