Talk:Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland

message: Does anyone know about a registration with 666 as its sequence number?
I remember a few years ago hearing a radio program that said registrations were never given out with the number 666 in it!
Can anyone shed light on this?
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:I know for a fact that this is false. Ironically, a religion teacher in secondary school drove a black car (A Ford Orion I believe) with the reg no. of 666. (I kid you not!) zoney ▓   ▒ talk 23:11, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numerological Superstition

message: Could someone enlighten us on these? I think they're temporary anyway - those white-on-green plates often used by car dealers (usually just stuck inside the windscreens). I've seen them on trucks sometimes as well. What are they for exactly? --Zilog Jones 23:26, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temporary Plates? (Motor Trade Licence Plates)

message: I have seen on Irish advertising, cars with the letters IE, as the county code without the county's name in the plate. Is this the commercial county-less number plate used in adverts and promotions? 159753 17:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would suspect its a promotion, any examples? Djegan 18:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  IE as the county code 

message: The article is incorrect in that the font for the number IS set by the government, and use of a font other than that dictated will result in failure of the National Car Test.
:There is no set character font set by the government for irish number plates other than black readable characters. Readable characters as in ones that are, for example, not in fancy italic style or not in script writing style. Ireland and France are possibly the only EU countries that do not enforce the use of one particular style of font.
:: I have heard of complaints about people being failed on the National car test for failing to have the county name in  the Irish language on their numberplates even though this is not actually legally required (Note: this is unverified secondhand information but Id be interested in hearing from someone who can credibly confirm or debunk it) 80.229.222.48
::: This was indeed the case before - when I imported my car into Ireland, I had plates made without the word Corcaigh on them and I was pulled up at the NCT - I had to go get a pair of stickers and put them on the plates to pass the test. Incidentally, the car parts dealer told me he did a good trade in the stickers. This bit of Paddywhackery is thankfully no more - they have come to their senses and scrapped the requirement for the NCT. It might still be a legal requirement, but who ever saw a guard at a checkpoint look at anything other than the tax disc!
:::: It was only in the early 1990's that it this practice of putting county names in Gaelic on numberplates was introduced (around the same time as the Euro/IRL logo). Vehicles from 1987 -9? rarely have it (and it doesnt seem to be an issue with the NCT) IIRC it came in shortly after the "BAC court case" mentioned above but Im not sure if there was any connection. I have seen the odd (presumably illegal ?) plate with the county name in ENGLISH or where the county name didnt match the registration ! 213.40.112.230 (talk) 14:20, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Font used on plates 

message: Some British army vehicles seem to bear a registration that is uncannily like the Irish format. The have the form XX-KK-XXXX (all registered in Kilkenny :)
Seriously though, I'd like some proper information on this, as it does look quite odd if one is familiar with Irish reg plates (particularly the fact of KK for Kilkenny).
zoney  ♣ talk 15:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Some British forces vehicles do have two digits, two letters and two digits. The letters could be anything but were later issued as KA, KB, KC etc. I had an ex-military Land Rover which was 74KFnn whilst in service. The more recent format for military vehicles seems to be two letters, two digits and two letters. Either way, the plates tend to be white on black for vehicles used in the field, but civilian-derived vehicles (cars and artics) have the white front and yellow rear plates as per civilian practice. BTW the new British plates (AA nn AAA) are not allowed to be represented with the three parts on separate lines, to avoid confusion with forces registrations. Hope this information is useful. 213.120.3.252 20:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd trivia 

message: The article currently reads, "Vehicles registered to the Irish Defence Forces have plates with silver letters on black background.  These do not feature the Irish-language county name; in practice all are registered in Dublin."
I have seen and photographed such a silver-on-black plate with the KK (Kilkenny) code; is the statement that all military vehicles are registered in Dublin correct?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qqqqqq (talk • contribs) 16:40, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Military plates

message: According to a website  EIR was in use from 1938 to 1962 as the country identifier on vehicles from RoI. Was GB used before that? Why was is changed to IRL? So many questions - so few answers! PeterClarke 13:23, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: According to List of international vehicle registration codes it was "SE", presumably for Saorstat Eireann.  I would guess in 1962 the government decided it did not like the state being called Eire instead of Ireland in English -- see Names of the Irish State for more on this.  As  for why IRL rather than IRE -- dunno, maybe the French Irlande, or maybe to avoid association with ire= "anger"/"irritation". jnestorius(talk) 17:26, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  In the republic of Ireland "EI" is still the standard prefix for aircraft identifier codes and amateur radio callsigns (so "Eire" is not an issue"). "IE" is the internet domain. "IRL" is used for vehicle number plates and mobile phones identify Irish networks variously as "IRL" "IE" or "272" while the international dialing code is "353". Meanwhile in Northern Ireland the country identifier for vehicles is "GB" even though "UK" is more geographically accurate...Confused yet ? 94.2.189.28 (talk) 19:52, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  IRL replaced EIR as the country identifier 

message: Is Limerick the only county with metropolitan borough that issues a single letter plate?  I think not - as to my knowledge (though I couldn't find anything official to back it up) County Cork is CK, Cork City is C; Dublin City is D; County Dublin is DN.  I'm not sure about Galway (GY/G) or Waterford (WD/W).
--Gramscis cousin (talk) 14:33, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a section on these codes in the article: Vehicle registration plates of Ireland#Current index mark codes. Specifically, no, Limerick is not alone, I don't think there's any evidence of a CK or DN code, unless these are recent introductions; Galway is G, and Waterford is WD. Qqqqqq (talk) 20:08, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  County/City 

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message: Could someone inform me about the serial numbers? My question is: every year start de numbering from 1, or the serial numbering is continuously (eg. in 2019 the last number 34675, in 2020 will the first 34676)? Thank you for help! - Gaja (talk) 14:04, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serial numbers