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thumb thumb O'Gorman Coachbuilders was an Irish coach building company that traded under various names: O'Gorman Brothers (to 1933), O'GORMANS, John O'Gorman & Sons, J.F.O'GORMAN (1933) Ltd then J.F.O'GORMAN Ltd (Until J.F.O'Gorman's death in 1943). ==History== John Francis O'Gorman (4 February 1875 – 27 December 1943) and his brother James (6 February 1877 – 23 October 1963) came to Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1899, shortly before the death of their father. They worked as apprentices at Cleary's Coachbuilder in Anglesea Street, Clonmel. John F.O'Gorman completed his learning in London and was appointed by the Department of Agricultural and Technical Instruction, to teach the Theory of Road Carriage Building. He first traded as O'Gorman Bros, Address: 12 Wellington Street, Clonmel.〔http://www.failteromhat.com/kelly1915/9.pdf〕 and advertised 'Motor Bodies of every description built on the premises'. They were special Agents for Austin, Humber and Ford cars. Shortly after the First World War, John F. O'Gorman went to Germany and captured the first main dealership in Ireland for Mercedes-Benz cars. The 'O'Gorman' Coachbuilding business grew around 1920, when John F. O'Gorman bought and built a factory located at Prior Park, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. He also bought the stately 'Prior Park' house, which doubled as a store area, for the company. Together with his brother Jim, they made various horse-drawn two and four wheel vehicles. They also manufactured traps, gigs, landaus, jaunting carts, carriages, floats and dray carts. The main business however, was building bus, coach, van and lorry bodies.〔Drohan, Michael. "Memories of an Apprentice coach builder", ''The Nationalist'', Tipperary, 3 September 1988. Article copy located at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6981826602/in/photostream〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O'Gorman Coach Builders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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