MOTOR ASSEMBLY IN IRELAND

Motor Assembly in Ireland came into being in 1934 when the Minister for Industry and Commerce, Sean Lemass, granted tax concessions to companies assembling cars with a high percentage of locally manufactured parts such as tyres, batteries, glass, paint, spark plugs, upholstery and springs. As such the assembly industry that continued until the last cars were produced in 1984 after Ireland's accession to the EC, was a vital and often under appreciated factor in the transition of the Republic of Ireland from a farming to an industrial economy.
 
This is the story of the fifty plus makes assembled during this time.