Responding to a post on LinkedIn reminded me how much involvement Vickers had in Ireland.
Vickers Submarine HMS A5
In 1905 one of the first submarine accidents happened in Cork when the Vickers made submarine HMS A5 suffered two explosions. Six members of the crew were killed. Five are buried in Old Church Cemetery, Cobh while Sub Lt Frederick Skinner was buried in Foster Hill Road Cemetery, Bedford, England.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_A5
http://rnsubs.co.uk/articles/lost-found/a5-forgotten.html
https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/m1912/
Vickers Machine Gun
The Ulster Volunteer Force imported a number of Vickers machine guns as part of their preparations for armed rebellion. One is currently on display at the Ulster Musuem.
A Vickers machine gun appears in the following picture at Fairview/Clontarf following the Easter Rising :
The Vickers machine gun and crew can be seen at 8mins 57seconds in on the British Film Institute hosted film clip :
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-dublin-after-easter-rising-1916-1916-online
and at 7mins 30seconds in on the Imperial War Museums hosted film clip :
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060022694
Vickers machine gun training took place on the firing range on Dollymount and Vickers machine guns were used during the Easter Rising at Dublin Castle, firing on City Hall, and at the Shelbourne Hotel, firing on St Stephen's Green.
The Vickers machine gun was adopted by the Irish Army and served through to the 1960s, including use in the Congo as part of the United Nations peace keeping force.
Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
Rolls-Royce armoured cars were dispatched to Dublin in April 1916, arriving just after the Easter Rising had finished. Armed with either a Maxim or Vickers Machine Gun, the armoured fitted on the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost chassis was either made or fitted by Vickers.
A number of pictures exist of Rolls-Royce armoured cars in Collins (aka Royal) Barracks in May 1916. This postcard shows one of the cars at Eden Quay.
A Rolls-Royce armoured car appears early in on the left hand side of these IFI and IWM hosted film clips heading across Sackville Street towards Eden Quay :
https://ifiarchiveplayer.ie/dublin-rebellion/
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060005363
The Irish Defence Forces maintains the 1920 pattern Rolls-Royce armoured car Sliabh na mBan, reputed to have been with Michael Collins when he was killed in 1922.
Vickers in the Air Corps
A variety of aircraft were used in the early days of the Irish Air Corps. Glasnevin Cemetery is hosting a display regarding Oscar Heron, an early member of the Irish Air Corps who is buried in the cemetery.
Heron died in 1933 following his Vickers Vespa IV crashing in the Phoenix Park during an event.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/211257
Vickers 1927 Helmet
The Irish Defence Forces were looking for a helmet for their troops in the 1920s. Having looked at the French helmet, the decision was made to go with a German M1916 style helmet, but made by Vickers. 10021 were made and these were used until the expansion of the IRish Army in 1940, at which point the Vickers helmets were used by Civil Defence volunteers :
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