Road goods vehicles in Ireland 1950s/1960s

[Mol_PMB]

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

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

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? 
 

[Flying Snail]

I can't help you much with the marques but regarding the haulage firms active in the 1960s, I think it was still restricted in terms of carriage of goods for hire up to the 1970s. You would still have options for adding lorries though. Businesses would have had their own fleets for the haulage/delivery of their own products - including the milling companies. Farmers would have made extensive use of their own machinery (tractors and trailers) to transport grain, and there was/is also a system of farmers' co-ops with their own lorries.

In terms of local traffic on nearby roads, Irish Sugar who had a plant in Mallow would have had their own fleet too and there's probably good archives somewhere for them and other semi-states.

Also, in rural Ireland, lorry's from businesses like Kelly's Foundry in Portlaoise (picture below) could be found delivering hay sheds everywhere, and its also plausible that a mill would need steel structures?  I believe the picture of Kelly's fleet below is 1950s or early 1960s so I hope its helpful in terms of the kinds of vehicles on the roads in Ireland then. (Portlaoise is my hometown and despite it being long gone now, Kellys is still very fondly remembered in the town. Not just a midlands business, Kellys erected sheds all over the country)

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[Mol_PMB]

That’s really useful info, many thanks! And a great photo too. 
 

[Westcorkrailway]

There is a 00 gauge CIE flatbed truck on the market. I have one at home that’s “roughly the right thing” no idea if the lorry itself is accurate to CIE that time. 
 

once again, I might get onto Ray. After the West Cork, he worked with Irish Rail Road Freight in cork until that closed 

[Ironroad]

2 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

There is a 00 gauge CIE flatbed truck on the market. I have one at home that’s “roughly the right thing” no idea if the lorry itself is accurate to CIE that time. 
 

once again, I might get onto Ray. After the West Cork, he worked with Irish Rail Road Freight in cork until that closed 

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