Iconic IRA vehicles roll into Cork

Both are vehicles associated with some of the Ireland’s most turbulent times, and they made history when they arrived at separate locations in Cork yesterday.

At 6am, for the first time in 92 years, the armoured car Sliabh na mBan, which was used by Michael Collins, was parked outside the Imperial Hotel for filming for the RTÉ Cork series Great Irish Journeys, which will be broadcast next month.

The series recreates infamous Irish journeys, with celebrity presenters retracing the route taken by noted figures.