Jaunting car
![Irish jaunting car, photochrom, ca. 1890-1900](/Images/godic/202501/21/Irish_jaunting_car,_ca_1890-19004347.jpg")
![Saint Laurence Gate Drogheda with numerous jaunting cars transporting members of the Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom on a tour around Dublin. July 1894.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Jarveys4347.jpg")
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A jaunting car is a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, in its most common form with seats for two or four persons placed back to back, with the foot-boards projecting over the wheels. It was the typical conveyance for persons in Ireland at one time.