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TONY MCGOVERN 1945-2024

Classic & Vintage Commercials regrets to report the passing of Tony McGovern, whose huge fleet of superbly-restored lorries, usually in the distinctive McGovern red livery, have been such a feature of the lorry preservation movement for many years. He was 78.

Tony was born in Aughavas, County Leitrim, on February 25 1945, the youngest child in a family of nine. After working with

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