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Road goods vehicles in Ireland 1950s/1960s

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I’m wondering about a couple of lorries for my layout, as there are road loading bays as well as rail. 
In the 1950s/1960s, which marques would have been seen in south-west Ireland? I think I’ve read somewhere that there were tariffs on imported complete vehicles and so some firms did final assembly in Ireland, so those would be more common. 

Looking at a few CIE vehicles of the period, a lot of them seem to be AEC, and later Leyland, badged. 
https://www.kennellyarchive.com/media/f9ca4dec-d916-4807-ac6f-f3922db8b86d-liebherr-cranes-at-fenit

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Albion AQD1450 with MercuryAO452-001

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But there are also some Fords, not obviously CIE in this case:

https://www.kennellyarchive.com/media/6a85dd4e-67e4-4138-a03a-b5a1cd5c7f7a-unloading-grain-in-fenit

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For this sort of size truck, is my choice basically AEC / Leyland or Ford? And were there particular models more common in Ireland? What other options would there be?

I think in the 1940s, GSR/CIE had a dominant position in the road transport business and the role of independent firms was quite limited. I expect that had changed a bit by 1960. Would independent hauliers and/or industries have been more significant than CIE by this time, or was CIE still dominant? 
 

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