John Fallon Colohan

John Fallon Colohan (c. 1862 – 27 August 1932) was an Irish physician who, in the late 1890s, imported the first petrol-powered car into Ireland.

[5][b] A Roman Catholic,[6] his father was the manager of the Hibernian Bank in Dublin, and he was a relative of the songwriter Arthur Colahan.

[5] In c. 1897, Colohan imported what is reputed to be the first petrol-engined motorcar into Ireland, an 1896 Benz Velo Comfortable.

[10] Colohan's first car, a Benz Velo, was purchased and restored in the 1980s,[11] and, as of 2017, was on display (as part of a private collection) in Dublin.

[3] An 1890s photograph of the car, including Colohan and his first wife, was represented on an Irish postage stamp in 1989.