{"id":394,"date":"2020-09-18T09:41:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T08:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/?page_id=394"},"modified":"2022-03-28T15:30:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T14:30:36","slug":"vintage-registrations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/vintage-registrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage &#038; Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first registrations numbers were allocated in 1903,\u00a0 the \u201cI\u201d standing for Ireland prefixed each letter of the alphabet as designated initially to each county\/city in alphabetical order. It then switched to take up the remaining designated letters. \u00a0G, S and V were reserved until the 1980s. Q was never used. In later years as required, the two letters were prefixed with a third letter \u2013 in alphabetical order by county eg ABI, BBI etc, and later still, \u00a0the letters reverted from prefix to follow the numbers. Eg\u00a0 BI 9999 and 6540BI. The current system of registrations began in 1987.<\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\" width=\"0\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"101\"><strong>Code<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"117\"><strong>County<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"101\">BI<\/td>\n<td width=\"117\">Monaghan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u>Monaghan &#8211; history:<\/u><\/strong><u>\u00a0\u00a0 BI<\/u><\/p>\n<p>BI\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0BI\u00a09999\u00a0(Dec 1903 \u2013 Mar 1961).<\/p>\n<p>ABI\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZBI\u00a0999\u00a0(Mar 1961 \u2013 Oct 1981).<\/p>\n<p>1\u00a0BI\u00a0to\u00a06540\u00a0BI\u00a0(Oct 1981 \u2013 Dec 1986).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>All Old Irish County Reg abbreviations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>letter<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>code (Ix)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>County or city<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>code(xI)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>County or city<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>code (Zx)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>County or city<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>A<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>IA<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Antrim<\/em><\/td>\n<td>AI<\/td>\n<td>Meath<\/td>\n<td>ZA<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>B<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>IB<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Armagh<\/em><\/td>\n<td>BI<\/td>\n<td>Monaghan<\/td>\n<td>ZB<\/td>\n<td>Cork County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>C<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IC<\/td>\n<td>Carlow<\/td>\n<td>CI<\/td>\n<td>Laois (formerly Queen&#8217;s County)<\/td>\n<td>ZC<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>D<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>ID<\/td>\n<td>Cavan<\/td>\n<td>DI<\/td>\n<td>Roscommon<\/td>\n<td>ZD<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>E<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IE<\/td>\n<td>Clare<\/td>\n<td>EI<\/td>\n<td>Sligo<\/td>\n<td>ZE<\/td>\n<td>Dublin County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>F<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IF<\/td>\n<td>Cork County<\/td>\n<td>FI<\/td>\n<td>Tipperary North Riding<\/td>\n<td>ZF<\/td>\n<td>Cork City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>H<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IH<\/td>\n<td>Donegal<\/td>\n<td>HI<\/td>\n<td>Tipperary South Riding<\/td>\n<td>ZH<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>J<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>IJ<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Down<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>JI<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Tyrone<\/em><\/td>\n<td>ZJ<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>K<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IK<\/td>\n<td>Dublin County<\/td>\n<td>KI<\/td>\n<td>Waterford County<\/td>\n<td>ZK<\/td>\n<td>Cork County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>L<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>IL<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Fermanagh<\/em><\/td>\n<td>LI<\/td>\n<td>Westmeath<\/td>\n<td>ZL<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>M<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IM<\/td>\n<td>Galway<\/td>\n<td>MI<\/td>\n<td>Wexford<\/td>\n<td>ZM<\/td>\n<td>Galway County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>N<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IN<\/td>\n<td>Kerry<\/td>\n<td>NI<\/td>\n<td>Wicklow<\/td>\n<td>ZN<\/td>\n<td>Meath<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>O<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IO<\/td>\n<td>Kildare<\/td>\n<td><em>OI<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Belfast<\/em><\/td>\n<td>ZO<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City and County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>P<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IP<\/td>\n<td>Kilkenny<\/td>\n<td>PI<\/td>\n<td>Cork City<\/td>\n<td>ZP<\/td>\n<td>Donegal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>R<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IR<\/td>\n<td>Offaly (formerly King&#8217;s County)<\/td>\n<td>RI<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<td>ZR<\/td>\n<td>Wexford<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>T<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IT<\/td>\n<td>Leitrim<\/td>\n<td>TI<\/td>\n<td>Limerick City<\/td>\n<td>ZT<\/td>\n<td>Cork County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>U<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IU<\/td>\n<td>Limerick County<\/td>\n<td><em>UI<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Derry<\/em><\/td>\n<td>ZU<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City and County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>W<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>IW<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>County Londonderry<\/em><\/td>\n<td>WI<\/td>\n<td>Waterford City<\/td>\n<td>ZW<\/td>\n<td>Kildare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IX<\/td>\n<td>Longford<\/td>\n<td><em>XI<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Belfast City<\/em><\/td>\n<td>ZX<\/td>\n<td>Kerry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Y<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IY<\/td>\n<td>Louth<\/td>\n<td>YI<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<td>ZY<\/td>\n<td>Louth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Z<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IZ<\/td>\n<td>Mayo<\/td>\n<td>ZI<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City<\/td>\n<td>ZZ<\/td>\n<td>Temporary registrations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Z<\/td>\n<td>Dublin County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>G<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>IG<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Fermanagh (from 2004)<\/em><\/td>\n<td>GI<\/td>\n<td>Tipperary South Riding (from 1985)<\/td>\n<td>ZG<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City and County (from 1983)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>S<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IS<\/td>\n<td>Mayo (from 1983)<\/td>\n<td>SI<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City and County (from 1982)<\/td>\n<td>ZS<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City and County (from 1984)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>V<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>IV<\/td>\n<td>Limerick (from 1982)<\/td>\n<td><em>VI<\/em><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>ZV<\/td>\n<td>Dublin City and County (from 1985) \/ vehicles &gt;30 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Series history per county 1903\u20131986<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-396\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/image001-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Carlow CC:<\/strong>\u00a0IC<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IC\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0IC\u00a09999<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0(Dec 1903 \u2013 Apr 1964).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIC\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0YIC\u00a0994\u00a0(Apr 1964 \u2013 Dec 1986).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0A duplicate series of\u00a0IC\u00a0for cars and motorcycles existed prior to 1921.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cavan CC:<\/strong>\u00a0ID<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ID\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ID\u00a09999\u00a0(Jan 1904 \u2013 Jul 1958).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AID\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZID\u00a0999\u00a0(Jul 1958 \u2013 Dec 1976).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0ID\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0ID\u00a0(Dec 1976 \u2013 Feb 1981).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0AID\u00a0to\u00a0906\u00a0IID\u00a0(Feb 1981 \u2013 Dec 1986).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Clare CC:<\/strong>\u00a0IE<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0IE\u00a09999<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0(Jan 1904 \u2013 Mar 1959).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIE\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZIE\u00a0999\u00a0(Mar 1959 \u2013 Nov 1974).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0IE\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0IE\u00a0(Nov 1974 \u2013 Sep 1978).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0AIE\u00a0to\u00a0107\u00a0XIE\u00a0(Sep 1978 \u2013 Dec 1986).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0A duplicate series of\u00a0IE\u00a0for cars and motorcycles existed prior to 1921.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-395\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/image003.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/image003-280x192.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Cork CC:<\/strong>\u00a0(in original issuing sequence) IF ZB ZK ZT<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IF\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0IF\u00a09999\u00a0(Dec 1903 \u2013 Apr 1935);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZB\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZB\u00a09999\u00a0(Apr 1935 \u2013 Apr 1949);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZK\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZK\u00a09999\u00a0(Apr 1949 \u2013 May 1953);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZT\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZT\u00a09999\u00a0(May 1953 \u2013 Dec 1955).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIF\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZIF\u00a0999\u00a0(Dec 1955 \u2013 Apr 1962);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AZB\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0YZB\u00a0999\u00a0(Apr 1962 \u2013 Aug 1966);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AZK\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0YZK\u00a0999\u00a0(Aug 1966 \u2013 Aug 1970);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AZT\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0YZT\u00a0999\u00a0(Aug 1970 \u2013 Nov 1973).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0IF\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0IF\u00a0(Nov 1973 \u2013 May 1975);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0ZB\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0ZB\u00a0(May 1975 \u2013 Jul 1976);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0ZK\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0ZK\u00a0(Jul 1976 \u2013 Aug 1977);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0ZT\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0ZT\u00a0(Aug 1977 \u2013 Jun 1978).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0AIF\u00a0to\u00a0999\u00a0ZIF\u00a0(Jun 1978 \u2013 Sep 1980);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0AZB\u00a0to\u00a0999\u00a0YZB\u00a0(Sep 1980 \u2013 Jun 1983);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0AZK\u00a0to\u00a0999\u00a0PZK\u00a0(Jun 1983 \u2013 Aug 1985);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>1\u00a0RZK<\/em><em>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/em><em>999\u00a0YZK<\/em><em>\u00a0(Aug 1985 \u2013 May 1986)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 1974 Cork County Council and Cork County Borough Council set up a joint motor taxation authority, administered by the County Council. However, separate registers continued in use for the County and the County Borough until the expiry of reverse\u00a0ZPI\u00a0in August 1985. See below for the sequences issued covering both areas. Marks in\u00a0<em>italics<\/em>\u00a0are after the merger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-397\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/image002.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/motortax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/image002-242x192.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Cork City:<\/strong>\u00a0(in original issuing sequence) PI ZF<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PI\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0PI\u00a09999\u00a0(Dec 1903 \u2013 Aug 1946);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZF\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZF\u00a09999\u00a0(Aug 1946 \u2013 Dec 1958).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">API\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZPI\u00a0999\u00a0(Dec 1958 \u2013 Feb 1970);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AZF\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0YZF\u00a0999\u00a0(Feb 1970 \u2013 Mar 1976).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0PI\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0PI\u00a0(Mar 1976 \u2013 Jun 1978);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0ZF\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0ZF\u00a0(Jun 1978 \u2013 Feb 1980).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0API\u00a0to\u00a0999\u00a0ZPI\u00a0(Feb 1980 \u2013 Aug 1985).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 1974 Cork County Council and Cork County Borough Council set up a joint motor taxation authority, administered by the County Council. However, separate registers continued in use for the County and the County Borough until the expiry of reverse\u00a0ZPI\u00a0in August 1985. See below for the sequences issued covering both areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cork County and County Borough Joint Office:<\/strong>\u00a0(in issuing sequence) reverse\u00a0RZK-YZK, reverse\u00a0AZF-FZF<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0RZK\u00a0to\u00a0999\u00a0YZK\u00a0(Aug 1985 \u2013 May 1986);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0AZF\u00a0to\u00a0542\u00a0FZF\u00a0(May 1986 \u2013 Dec 1986).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Donegal CC:<\/strong>\u00a0(in original issuing sequence) IH ZP<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IH\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0IH\u00a09999<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0(Dec 1903 \u2013 Jan 1952);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZP\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZP\u00a09999\u00a0(Jan 1952 \u2013 Nov 1961).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIH\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZIH\u00a0999\u00a0(Nov 1961 \u2013 Apr 1976);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AZP\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZZP\u00a0407<sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0(Apr 1976 \u2013 Feb 1982).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">408\u00a0IH\u00a0to\u00a09999\u00a0IH\u00a0(Feb 1982 \u2013 Apr 1985);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1\u00a0ZP\u00a0to\u00a04853\u00a0ZP\u00a0(Apr 1985 \u2013 Dec 1986).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0A duplicate series of\u00a0IH\u00a0for cars and motorcycles existed prior to 1921.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0ZZP\u00a0was not authorised by SR&amp;O (Statutory Rules &amp; Orders) and was issued in error \u2013 no retrospective SR&amp;O was issued to legitimise its issue. When the error was discovered\u00a0ZZP\u00a0was terminated at\u00a0407; in consequence the next series (reverse\u00a0IH) commenced at\u00a0408.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dublin CC (until 1952):<\/strong>\u00a0(in original issuing sequence) IK Z ZE<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IK\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0IK\u00a09999<sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0(Dec 1903 \u2013 Mar 1927);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Z\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0Z\u00a09999\u00a0(Mar 1927 \u2013 Sep 1938);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZE\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZE\u00a09999\u00a0(Sep 1938 \u2013 Feb 1952).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0A duplicate series of\u00a0IK\u00a0for cars and motorcycles existed prior to 1921.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February 1952 Dublin County Council and Dublin County Borough Council set up a joint motor taxation authority. The joint office was administered by Dublin County Borough Council. See below for subsequent issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dublin City (until 1952):<\/strong>\u00a0(in original issuing sequence) RI YI ZI ZA ZC ZD ZH ZJ ZL<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RI\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0RI\u00a09999<sup>6<\/sup>\u00a0(Dec 1903 \u2013 Apr 1921);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YI\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0YI\u00a09999\u00a0(Apr 1921 \u2013 Mar 1927);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZI\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZI\u00a09999\u00a0(Mar 1927 \u2013 May 1933);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZA\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZA\u00a09999\u00a0(May 1933 \u2013 Mar 1937);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZC\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZC\u00a09999\u00a0(Mar 1937 \u2013 Jan 1940);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZD\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZD\u00a09999\u00a0(Jan 1940 \u2013 Jan 1947);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZH\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZH\u00a09999\u00a0(Jan 1947 \u2013 Jan 1949);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZJ\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZJ\u00a09999\u00a0(Jan 1949 \u2013 Jul 1950);<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZL\u00a01\u00a0to\u00a0ZL\u00a09999\u00a0(Jul 1950 \u2013 Feb 1952).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><sup>6<\/sup>\u00a0A duplicate series up to\u00a0RI 3000\u00a0for cars and motorcycles existed prior to 1921.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February 1952 Dublin County Council and Dublin County Borough Council set up a joint motor taxation authority. The joint office was administered by Dublin County Borough Council. 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