Just remembered that I found Tom Ferris's The Gleam of the Lines in Eason's for €9.99 at Christmas.
That was in the Port Laoise branch and there were four or five left after mine..
I've always like the clean, efficient look of the Q1, and, with it being a Bulleid device, it would seem reasonable that it might have formed part of a post-emergency rebuilding program...?
A previous Pullman discussion - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1616-pullmans?p=24602&viewfull=1#post24602 .
..and, from a previous existence.. -http://irishrailwaymodeller.yuku.com/topic/555/Irish-Pullman#.Vo5nmbaLRpg