My aunt Molly (Mary Niland) gave me her copy of the 1966 RTV Guide, a publication listing the various radio and television shows being show in 1966 to mark the 1916 Easter Rising.
A nice write up of the planning and production that took place and a photo of the cover of the RTV Guide can be found at :
http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/tv-eye-through-the-eyes-of-1916/
The armoured car depicted on the page is a Rolls Royce armoured car which weren't the type used on the streets of Dublin during the Rising - 7 were ferried across just after the Rising and used in post Rising mop up and Police work. It was one of the improvised armoured lorries built using Guinness lorries and railway smokeboxes that came under attack outside the GPO.
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