The Walsh Western Days

18/10/2026

08/10/2026

An absolutely amazing photo of the Walsh Western Oak Road building circa 1996, 30 years ago. To say this was state of the art would be an understatement. A movable rack system was one of the highlights of this endeavour.
Cadbury, at the time, leased out one part of the building that had the automatic racking system installed.
The most amazing thing about this photo is the amount of unspoilt land around it.
We are very grateful to Philip Currivan, who came across this photo 29 years ago and has kept on to it ever since and was kind enough to send it to us today.
Thank you Philip, much appreciated.

03/09/2026

Today is the first anniversary of the passing of Gerard (Dobber) Hayes, brother of Paddy.
Dobber was a lovely guy, a great character and is sorely missed.
Sincere condolences to his family at this sad time, may he rest in peace.

30/08/2026

On this day we remember one of the nicest guys you could meet, André Barwegen.
André was a manager in the Walsh Western Office in Hardewijk and would have been mostly our direct contact.
You could not find a nicer, more helpful, friendly guy than André to deal with who also used to join us for a b**r in Nickys bar on the odd occasion.
Sincere condolences to Andrés family and friends on the day of remembrance, may he rest in true peace.

29/08/2026

Two good men, two true legends and two good friends of mine.
Still behind the wheel, still going strong.
Nice photo thanks to Johnny Brownrigg, ably assisted by Big Eddie O’Connor.

21/08/2026

The 21st of August marks the anniversary of the lovely gentleman Peter Power.
A lovely guy to be around. Rest in peace Peter, sincere condolences to his family at this time of remembrance.

11/08/2026

Just a message from Kieran and all the McInerney family to say a heartfelt thank you to all of you who attended Josies funeral services and offered condolences and were just there to support them.
As Kieran says Josie would have been so proud.
We lost a true friend, legend and great character when we lost Josie.
Once again our sincere condolences to Kieran and the family.
Rest in true peace Josie.

26/07/2026

Bought these photos from Markos Trucks during the week. Marko, thankfully, took a lot of photos in Holland and Germany and has a huge archive of these photos.
He did say he had more Walsh Western photos but he had to find them and digitise them so hopefully more to come.
Two of the photos are of big Eddie O’Connors Topline Scania and the other is of one of the left hand drive 113 Scanias that were originally registered in Belgium.
This particular one I ended up driving myself in Cork for a couple of years and was then bought and completely restored by Tim Kenneally of Hire Fleet. He still has it and still uses it himself to drop and pick up hire trailers to he customers when the need arises.
It’s nice to see genuine guys like Tim not only restoring and saving these trucks, but also keeping them in daily use for everyone to see.