Postcard Jaunting Car Ireland Passenger Horse Carriage House Jarvey Antique For Sale

Postcard Jaunting Car Ireland Passenger Horse Carriage House Jarvey Antique.

Condition is consistent with normal wear on an old postcard. May have creases, corner tears, fading, stains, ink/writing, etc. Please see photos for condition and contact seller with questions. Thanks!

From Wikipedia:

In rural Ireland it was adapted for public transport by the Anglo-Irish entrepreneur Charles Bianconi in 1815.[1] It was also a popular mode of transport in 19th-century Dublin, popularised by Valentine Vousden in a song by that name. Jaunting cars remain in use for tourists in some parts of the country, notably Killarney in County Kerry where tours of the lakes and national park are popular.

The colloquial name for the Irish driver of a jaunting car was "jarvey", used in the song "The Jarvey Was a Leprechaun" by Val Doonican. Percy French edited a weekly comic magazine called The Jarvey from January 1889-January 1891 based on the adventures of a driver of The Irish Jaunting Car and published by Richard J. Mecredy who was also publisher and editor of highly successful Irish Cyclist. The Jarvey was a highly literary and lavishly illustrated weekly comic paper, considered to have been the best comic paper of the 19th and 20th century in Ireland. French also wrote his own version of the song 'The Irish Jaunting Car' for his comic opera 'The Knight of the Road.' (1891)