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They still have the old system we had pre 1988 that dates back to before partition. Geographic prefixes/suffixes. Wexford was MI or ZR, Fermanagh was IL and still is.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13862 - 25/09/2024 21:18:25 2571868 Link 0 |
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No it was because of the Motor Show held in September when you could buy the next years models from dealers straight after the Show. I know it as the Earls Court Show as it was held there from the 30s til the 70s, the era of motorcycles I restore and repair for a living, although the 1st one was held in 1903 in the Crystal Palace. So the model year in the UK runs from August/September to August, and in the years when the UK had year suffixes or prefixes, these ran from August/September to August also. So "A" prefix was Aug 83 to Aug 84. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13862 - 26/09/2024 07:28:40 2571882 Link 1 |
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The republics old reg system was more interesting than the Brits, do you know the origan / reasoning of your MI and ZR
supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3050 - 26/09/2024 08:24:12 2571887 Link 0 |
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Did we miss a trick however on its introduction to use it as a method of promotion for our native language. Some counties would not have changed but it could have provided an ever day use of the language. LG - some would say people would then confuse it with Longford but that's the problem, until we have the language in everyday use, nothing will change. OK this would have been a drop in the ocean to what is needed but would have at least made a statement.
zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1900 - 26/09/2024 08:58:39 2571889 Link 1 |
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Was the same system as the Brits had at that time from 1903. We got most of the Is and Zs. The Brits went away from the system maybe 20 years ago. The North is the last area still has it. It was alphabetical here- IA Antrim IB Armagh IC Carlow IE Clare IF Cork County IH Donegal IJ Down IK Dublin County IM Galway IN Kerry IO Kildare IP Kilkenny IR Offaly IS Mayo after the IZs ran out IT Leitrim IU Limerick County IV Limerick after IU ran out IW Derry IX Longford IY Louth IZ Mayo AI Meath BI Monaghan CI Laois DI Roscommon EI Sligo FI Tipp North GI Tipp South after HI ran out HI Tipp South JI Tyrone KI Waterford County LI Westmeath MI Wexford NI Wicklow OI Belfast PI Cork City RI Dublin City SI Dublin City and County in the 80s TI Limerick City UI Derry City WI Waterford City XI Belfast YI Dublin City ZI Dublin City Z Dublin County from the 20s ZA Dublin City from the 30s ZB Cork County from the 30s ZC Dublin City late 30s ZD Dublin City 40s approx ZE Dublin County from late 30s ZF Cork City approx 40s ZH Dublin City late 40s ZJ Dublin City early 50s ZK Cork County ZM Galway County ZN Meath later ZP Donegal later ZR Wexford after MIs ran out. All these were prefixes 1st with up to 4 numbers, then had an A, B, C .. Z put in front of them and ran through with just 3 numbers, then ran through again as suffixes. All the English and Scottish and Welsh counties and boroughs etc had their own 2 digit identifier in the same sequence as ours. There was no way of knowing an exact year as such as they didn't change year on year, until the UK introduced the A prefix with County identifying suffix system in 1983. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13862 - 26/09/2024 09:40:01 2571898 Link 1 |
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Apparently the IP for Kilkenny is a reference to the gun powder store in 1798
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3142 - 26/09/2024 10:36:08 2571905 Link 0 |
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Thanks for the info, very interesting.
supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3050 - 26/09/2024 11:32:23 2571912 Link 1 |
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You missed out Cavan…. ID
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3025 - 26/09/2024 13:02:19 2571936 Link 0 |
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:-D :-D :-D you know it's true Doyler;-)
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13862 - 26/09/2024 13:05:44 2571941 Link 0 |
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F### it sorry about that! I thought I was doing pretty well too!
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 13862 - 26/09/2024 13:07:13 2571943 Link 0 |
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Derry was in as Londonderry, hence is was out of sequence alphabetically. In the UK they introduced a system marking the year in 1963. Every August they changed the final letter. so a car with the Number MJD 239 D was 1966. We started to introduce the year in 1987. SixtiesKid (Galway) - Posts: 327 - 26/09/2024 14:06:02 2571961 Link 1 |
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I'm not so sure if the Brits meant their reg system to be user-friendly and their personalised number plates today doesn't help either. When ours was launched in '87 it made sense. The introduction of `241 and 242 for example was brought in to encourage people to change cars quicker, just a thought. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3050 - 26/09/2024 18:44:16 2572009 Link 0 |
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You did do very well…..
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3025 - 26/09/2024 20:31:50 2572018 Link 0 |
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That's exactly what it was for. New car sales were a good economic indicator and the plummeted between 08 and 13
Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3142 - 27/09/2024 08:37:52 2572050 Link 0 |
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Poor Tony ward might realise this weekend it was poor defence not a great game last week lol it's bad when us GAA lads know more about the game then rugby lads haha
Kew (Galway) - Posts: 100 - 28/09/2024 17:37:11 2572215 Link 0 |
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Poor Tony ward might realise this weekend it was poor defence not a great game last week lol it's bad when us GAA lads know more about the game then rugby lads haha"]You have a very strange anti rugby attitude and no gaa lads don't know more about the game than rugby lads
KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3674 - 29/09/2024 06:36:41 2572302 Link 0 |
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Poor Tony ward might realise this weekend it was poor defence not a great game last week lol it's bad when us GAA lads know more about the game then rugby lads haha"]You have a very strange anti rugby attitude and no gaa lads don't know more about the game than rugby lads"]Reading your posts every now and again I think GAA lads do know more about rugby than some rugby lovers.
updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 847 - 29/09/2024 13:17:56 2572340 Link 1 |
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Poor Tony ward might realise this weekend it was poor defence not a great game last week lol it's bad when us GAA lads know more about the game then rugby lads haha"]You have a very strange anti rugby attitude and no gaa lads don't know more about the game than rugby lads"]Reading your posts every now and again I think GAA lads do know more about rugby than some rugby lovers."]You are very bitter about rugby. Whys that. Your posts on rugby are more than a Bit pathetic.
KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3674 - 29/09/2024 18:07:34 2572374 Link 0 |
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Poor Tony ward might realise this weekend it was poor defence not a great game last week lol it's bad when us GAA lads know more about the game then rugby lads haha"]You have a very strange anti rugby attitude and no gaa lads don't know more about the game than rugby lads"]Reading your posts every now and again I think GAA lads do know more about rugby than some rugby lovers."]You are very bitter about rugby. Whys that. Your posts on rugby are more than a Bit pathetic."]Oh I don't like the over hyped game of rugby and I don't deny that but as far as I know that's allowed in this country. I've listened to many rugby fans over the years putting down the GAA (and soccer even more) in the media and in daily life so if I'm pathetic there are thousands of equally pathetic rugby fans out there.
updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 847 - 29/09/2024 20:02:51 2572404 Link 0 |
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Poor Tony ward might realise this weekend it was poor defence not a great game last week lol it's bad when us GAA lads know more about the game then rugby lads haha"]You have a very strange anti rugby attitude and no gaa lads don't know more about the game than rugby lads"]Reading your posts every now and again I think GAA lads do know more about rugby than some rugby lovers."]You are very bitter about rugby. Whys that. Your posts on rugby are more than a Bit pathetic."]Oh I don't like the over hyped game of rugby and I don't deny that but as far as I know that's allowed in this country. I've listened to many rugby fans over the years putting down the GAA (and soccer even more) in the media and in daily life so if I'm pathetic there are thousands of equally pathetic rugby fans out there."]Interestingly Tony didn't say anything about the GAA this weekend lol
Kew (Galway) - Posts: 100 - 30/09/2024 01:24:24 2572444 Link 0 |