Ford had it down to a T; Pioneer: Henry Fords Model T Ford was so cheap that by the 1920s most Americans were driving it.

The Daily Mail (London, England) | July 25, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: CHARLES LEGGE

QUESTION What were Henry Fords family connections to Co. Cork?

HENRY Ford, the man who revo-lutionised world motoring with the development of the Model T Ford any colour as long as it was black was born near Detroit in the U.S. on July 30, 1863.

However, he had strong links with Ireland, and Co. Cork in particular.

His father, William Ford, who was born in 1826, lived for the early part of his life in the hamlet of Madam Ballinascarthy, just outside Clonakilty in west Cork.

Williams father, John was a tenant ...

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