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Bianconi

A profile of Charles Bianconi, who revolutionised the transport system of 19th-century Ireland by operating horse-drawn carts out of Clonmel, Co Tipperary. He charged a penny-farthing a mile and his customers were farmers and small merchants who couldn't afford the coach service of the day. Within 30 years, he had 800 horses on the roads each day and the former peddler, who came from modest beginnings, died a millionaire