Jaunting Car
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In Ulster this was commonly called a sidecar. It is one of very few typically Irish vehicles. Its form is similar to that of the wheeled car, with the wheels under the body.
It was commonly used as the taxi of its day. Bianconi used them as the basis of his transport network that served all of Ireland in the mid 1800s. He also used a long car, which was like the jaunting car, but elongated with four wheels, and capable of carrying up to eight people on each side.
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