Name: | Irish Electrical Co. Ltd., (IEC) Dundrum, Dublin (IRL) |
Abbreviation: | irish-iec |
Products: | Model types |
Summary: |
Philips bought a controlling share in PYE in 1967 and later entirely purchased Pye. The IEC was created company to export radios from the Dundrum Pye plant. The Factory in Dundrum closed in late 1960s or early 1970. It was probably just a marketing brand of Pye (Ireland) Ltd. Pye, Vidor, Murphy, Mallory (making Ever Ready Batteries) and others all set up in Ireland due to high tariffs on Imported Radios and Batteries probably dating from de Valera's 1933 to 1938 "Economic War" with UK. |
Production: | - 1960 |
History: |
The "Irish Electric Company", IEC, was a brand of Pye (Ireland) who manufactured at Manor works in Dundrum, Dublin. Probably created after WW2 / 1945. The Cork City Gaol Museum lists the company and calls IEC "a subsidiary of Pye from England"
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This manufacturer was suggested by Carlos Alves.
Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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IRL | 59 | 534 | UCH81 | Selenium Rectifier Some similarity to the Pye R-33 AC only radio, except SW band |
IRL | 55 | 519B | The Irish IEC made model 519B was fabricated in Manor Works, Dundrum, Dublin. This model i... | |
IRL | 65 | Transistor | AF114 | The set originally had 2 telescopic aerials, one for SW and the other for FM. The s... |
IRL | 55 | A244 | ECH42 | An AC mains MW / 3 x SW table radio housed in a bakelite cabinet. The same as the Mullard ... |
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