Tagged: Model T

RIAC Pioneer Run August 2021

We foregathered at Farringtons pub in Rathcoffey, Co Kildare, parked up our trailers and got ready our vehicles for the 25 mile journey to the capital city of Dublin and the RIAC car park in Dawson Street.  The weather forecasters sent out a yellow weather...

Boyne Valley Picnic Run August 2021

With the uncertain times we are enduring arising out of COVID-19 together with restrictions on gatherings and keeping a safe distance from one another, we as a group of veteran enthusiasts are ready and willing to partake in a day’s outing of enjoyment in a...

32nd Annual Rally Sligo 2021

Our 32nd Annual Irish Model T Ford Club rally hosted by Ann and Bernard Duffy took us to parts of beautiful Co Sligo and Co Leitrim. Our base was the ideally located Sligo Park Hotel on the outskirts of Sligo town, with wonderful views of...

Rathcoole June 2021

On 6th June 2021, the 77th anniversary of D-Day landings in France, members from 11 counties in Ireland, stretching from Cork to Donegal and everything in between, foregathered at the home of our hosts John and Ann Eagers for a social catch up and the...

T Thoughts – John and Ann Eagers

The Pub with no Beer Just sharing a few photographs taken outside The Rathcoole Inn, “Irelands oldest two storey thatched pub”, with the owner Kevn Hoyne and myself sharing a cup of tea in these extraordinary times. Thinking back to the first day we met...

T Thoughts – Robert Clarke

My Introduction to the world of the Model T The Ford Model T has taken its place in history like no other car we know, there are many reasons why the Model T is a special car and of course we all know why. My...

T Thoughts – Raymond Megaw

Hello members, I have put together a few memories of my life with old cars. My first vintage car was an Austin 12 which I bought in the 70s from a lady in Rostrevor,Co Down, my first restoration job. I joined Vintage Austin Register and...

T Thoughts – Thomas Connor

In 1956, when I was 10 years old, my father, John Connor, purchased an old car from a gentleman who lived near Geesala, Co. Mayo. My brother Patrick and I, were brought along, on what was then just an adventure for me, along with two...

T Thoughts – William Cuddy

Greetings to all fellow members, I have always had an interest in wheeled mechanical things from an early age. From a family tie I can only attribute this to my maternal grandfather who as a dispensary doctor in Milford, Co Donegal bought in 1903 a...