The Ford 100 Fest charity event, celebrating 100 years of Ford in Ireland, took place on Sunday at the Ford Homestead in Ballinascarthy, Co Cork.

The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest will take place on the ancestral home-farm of Henry Ford at Crohane, Ballinascarthy, Co. Cork on Sunday August 27. 

The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest will take place on the ancestral home-farm of Henry Ford at Crohane, Ballinascarthy, Co. Cork, on Sunday, August 27.

Conor Healy got a real blast of nostalgia one day when he was browsing through postcards at a shop in Youghal.

Running 24 marathons in 24 days would take its toll on the fittest super-human.

The deadlines are set, the clock is ticking — but can motoring manufacturers keep apace with the growing calls to phase out petrol and diesel models completely and convert wholly to electric and hybrid vehicles?

Ford Ireland have released a video in the midst of their continued centenary celebration of one hundred years in Cork.

Former Taoiseach Jack Lynch would have been 100 this month, sharing a centenary celebration with car company Ford's 100 years in Ireland.

Over the course of 35 years working for Ford in Cork, Martin G. Browne amassed a wealth of memorabilia.

For Corkman Jerry Ahern, there was an unbroken family link to industrial life at the Marina from the opening of the Ford plant in 1919 to its closure in the mid-1980s.

For city commuters, a handy new gadget, which has been invented by a Ford worker, could help to speed up their day.

Finding, then accessing, a parking spot can be the bane of a motorist’s life, but new technology aims to conquer the fear.

When Ford’s new foundry opened on the Marina in Cork nearly 100 years ago, Jimmy O’Sullivan was among the managers.

Former Ford Motor chief Mark Fields, who led the company as it lost almost $25bn (€22.3bn) in market value, could walk away with payouts worth about $57.5m.

O’Grady’s Irish bar rests on the High Road in Seven Kings near Dagenham.

Donncha Ó Dúlaing, widely known for his hugely popular radio shows Three-O-One, Highways and Byways and Fáilte Isteach, remembers his time in the accounts department at Henry Ford & Son.

The Ford Motor Company wouldn’t be where it is today without the hard work of Cork employees, the firm’s executive chairman told its pensioners in City Hall.

On his recent visit to Cork to mark the centenary of Ford in Ireland, Henry’s great-grandson outlined his dreams and visions.

Many people played a role in Henry Ford setting up the plant in his ancestral home in Cork, and one of the unsung heroes may well have been the Lord Mayor of Cork when the factory began production in 1919, William F. O’Connor.

Henry Ford initially rejected a proposal from Cork to confer him with an honorary degree, but there were no such problems when his great-grandson was the proud recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from UCC during his recent visit.

When Ford was described by UCC President Professor Patrick G. O’Shea as “a Cork company with an American subsidiary”, it was a remark that perfectly captured the light-hearted mood during the visit of William Clay Ford Jr.

Irish Examiner readers share their memories and photographs of Ford as part of the company's #Ford100 centenary celebrations.

The car manufacturing industry is on “the cusp of the greatest change” it has ever seen as artificial intelligence and driverless cars become a new reality.

Ford have announced a five-year scholarship with UCC to commemorate 100 years in Ireland.

William Clay Ford Jr was in Cork today where he visited University College Cork.

Ford have announced a new five-year scholarship with UCC to commemorate 100 years in Ireland.

The global head of the Ford empire has sent a bullish message to Apple after it announced plans to break into the motoring market: "We are willing to take on all comers."

The great grandson of Henry Ford has hailed as "hugely meaningful" a visit by some of his family back to the ancestral home of the industrialist in Ballinascarty in West Cork.

THE motor giant Henry Ford and Son passed a significant milestone yesterday, one that many companies of that scale and influence do not even reach. 

He may hail from a famous foodie dynasty, but Lucca Allen prefers the high octane world of motorsport to the heat of the kitchen.

In the history of rallying in Ireland, one name stands out above all others for the respect in which he is held and the ability he demonstrated behind the wheel of the cars — predominantly Fords — that he drove.

The Ford operation in Cork nearly came a cropper just two years after the production line began operating, says Kevin O'Brien.

Attempts to give Henry Ford the Freedom of Cork failed to materialise, but Thomas Grimes reveals how UCC finally honoured the man after some persuasion.

Although he was only a teenager when the Ford and Dunlop plants on the Marina in Cork closed down in the early 1980s, the events left a lasting impression on Pat Kiernan.

In the summer of 1985, pilgrims from all over Ireland bore down on the small County Cork village of Ballinspittle to witness the phenomena of a ‘moving statue’ of Our Lady.

In the 1960’s, enterprising Corkman Dermot O’Regan had a nice little earner going as he travelled the region selling crates salvaged from the Ford factory.

“It is a place we all love coming back to. It has unbelievable memories for us.”

When I was a child in the 1950s in the small Carlow town of Tullow, trips to the shrine at Knock were part of growing up.

When Cork-based Ford dealer William Slattery II paid a visit to the company’s HQ in the US in 1955, he decided to bring a little piece of Ireland over with him.

When he isn’t hucklebucking his way across Ireland on tour with mother Mary and sister Dervla, Derek Burke of the popular family band Crystal Swing likes to spend his time restoring vintage Ford tractors.

When rumours started to swirl about Ford opening an arm of its empire in Cork, the Irish banking world was desperate to land the account, writes Jessica Casey.

For the Mitchell family, the last two years have been a labour of love, as they worked tirelessly to restore a 1926 Cork-built Model T Ford and get it back on the open road.

When he first visited the Cork of his ancestors, Henry Ford was embroiled in a fascinating saga revolvong around an apparent bequest to charity. Dave Hannigan tries to seperate fact from fiction.

Monday will mark a significant milestone in the history of Ford, and indeed in the industrial life of this country.