Meet a Galway woman whose unique love affair began with a 1962 Ford Cortina

Decades come and decades go, but Dorothy Nolan’s love for Ford cars remains undimmed.

She has adored them all her life and is pictured here with her parents’ 1962 Cortina she learned to drive in, and also her current motor, a Ford C-Max.

Dorothy, nee Rooney, from Galway, said: “In 1957, my parents bought their first car, a Ford Prefect. I clearly remember my mother taking it on the road with my uncle, who gave her driving instructions. I was five years old and standing on the floor behind the two front seats. We were very excited.