Peerless brought back to Life after 90 years.

PanhardPL

IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/35n93k4.jpg[/IMG] Peerless
Peerless
Peerless.
Peerless & Rolls Royce.

McArmalite

PanhardPL wrote: »

IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/35n93k4.jpg[/IMG] Peerless
Peerless
Peerless.
Peerless & Rolls Royce.

Is there a known histroy behind this vehicle ?? I vaguely remember reading The Singing Flame by Ernie O'Malley and the IRA used an armoured car in the front of the Four Courts in one of the grassy areas facing the Liffey firing back. Anyway, the armoured car withstood all that the National/Free State Army was throwing against it for several days to the chuckled amazement of the IRA defenders. So much so, that they gave it a nickname, possibly Peerless ?

Manic Moran

If I recall, "Peerless" was a model name, not the name of any particular vehicle.

NTM

PanhardPL

McArmalite wrote: »

Is there a known histroy behind this vehicle ?? I vaguely remember reading The Singing Flame by Ernie O'Malley and the IRA used an armoured car in the front of the Four Courts in one of the grassy areas facing the Liffey firing back. Anyway, the armoured car withstood all that the National/Free State Army was throwing against it for several days to the chuckled amazement of the IRA defenders. So much so, that they gave it a nickname, possibly Peerless ?[/QUOTE

According to Karl Martin's book "Irish Army Vehicles", 1143 vehicles were handed over by the British between 1st April 1922 and August 1923, including 13 Rolls Royce , 7 Peerless & 111 Lancia Armoured Cars. The details of all vehicles in service with the Defence Forces from 1922 to 2004 are included in Karl's book, - ISBN 0-9543413-0-9.

PanhardPL

Manic Moran wrote: »

If I recall, "Peerless" was a model name, not the name of any particular vehicle.

NTM

You are correct, Peerless was a model that was made in the USA and imported into the UK.

McArmalite

Manic Moran wrote: »

If I recall, "Peerless" was a model name, not the name of any particular vehicle.

NTM

PanhardPL wrote: »

According to Karl Martin's book "Irish Army Vehicles", 1143 vehicles were handed over by the British between 1st April 1922 and August 1923, including 13 Rolls Royce , 7 Peerless & 111 Lancia Armoured Cars. The details of all vehicles in service with the Defence Forces from 1922 to 2004 are included in Karl's book, - ISBN 0-9543413-0-9.

Very good lads, very interesting.

FiSe

What's that, behind that beauty, Comet, BREN and some of the Panhards?

A bit OT... is there a possibility to organise a tour through The Curragh Camp? Mainly to see the preserved AFVs in there. Is there anyone who can be contacted?
PM me, please, if you know. Cheers

PanhardPL

The following maybe of interest,
Peerless & Rolls Royce.
Landsverk Tank
Scania Armoured
Ford Armoured Car
Panhard AML
Comet A34 Tank
Rolls Royce
Panhard AML 90
Bren Carrier
Rolls & Peerless
Scorpion
Panhards & Mowags

Morlar

Those are excellent pictures & very interesting. Could I ask when/where were they taken ?

Steyr

Thanks for sharing.:)

PanhardPL

Morlar wrote: »

Those are excellent pictures & very interesting. Could I ask when/where were they taken ?

All those pictures were taken in the Curragh on Thursday at the stand down cermony for a Lt. Col. in Combat Support.

PanhardPL

Steyr wrote: »

Thanks for sharing.:)

David you are welcome.
Many thanks for sharing all of your air pics over the past few months.

FiSe

Don't tell me that I have to change my browser...se f all :mad: even the pictures which were visible in the morning are gone

dobkfz

id love to see more of the irish classic military stuf i heard that the curraght camp was to open a museum this year did i here wrong.

PanhardPL

dobkfz wrote: »

id love to see more of the irish classic military stuf i heard that the curraght camp was to open a museum this year did i here wrong.

Here is a preserved Panhard M3, all of which are now withdrawn and replaced by Mowags.
Panhard M3 VTT.

dobkfz

""SNAP"" curragh race course this summer, i went there with a fue lads turner out to be a great day with some weird sights ( a british red coat sitting on a ww11 motorbike having a fag)

dobkfz

McArmalite wrote: »

Is there a known histroy behind this vehicle ?? I vaguely remember reading The Singing Flame by Ernie O'Malley and the IRA used an armoured car in the front of the Four Courts in one of the grassy areas facing the Liffey firing back. Anyway, the armoured car withstood all that the National/Free State Army was throwing against it for several days to the chuckled amazement of the IRA defenders. So much so, that they gave it a nickname, possibly Peerless ?

there is another verison of that story which said that the anti treaty lads held up in the four courts had a rolls royce armoured car called the (ex mutineer) and that it took a beating but held out and it was blocked in by the pro treaty lads with a lancia armoured lorry. but i find there is always a fue storys about this part of irish history... you can see the lancia blocking the gate of the courts.

BostonB

Great Photos