CIE R608 amongst similar vehicles in Dublin. The vehicle on the right is showing the destination "Nelson Pillar" which had famously been obliterated by terrorist activity a couple of years earlier.

The PD3/2s with seven-bay bodies and three windows upstairs looked positively archaic to my eyes, but were fascinating vehicles. Ooh to be able to drink Red Barrel again.....!!

Still active in Sligo was this PS2/14 with CIE body.

A temporary shortage of vehicles led to the acquisition of a batch of UTA Leyland PS1s, which kept their original livery and fleet number. The sticker in the destination blind says CIE School Bus. This bus had been new to the NIRTB in 1946 and had their own body.

A selection of vehicles at Sligo, including the new Bedford school buses being introduced at the time. You have to make your own mind up which is the front and which is the back!

C149 was a Leopard PSU3/4R. However, despite the designation it was a thirty-foot vehicle and all up to C182 were so designated before the more usual PSU4 designation was applied. The chassis were assembled in Broadstone depot and Metal Sections body framing kits were assembled on the chassis at Spa Road. The result was an elegant and rather timeless product.

CIE U55 is a Royal Tiger PSU1/13 with a CIE body that was originally rear-entrance. It is seen in Dublin.

Dublin elegance. The Leyland-derived body on this OPD2 combined with Birmingham style livery made for an attractive fleet.

I found these Metal Sections bodied Atlanteans rather striking and of course they were unique to Dublin.