A high proportion of the early Irish 3' gauge locos were saddle tanks - the 3 Ballycastle locos, the Bruiser on the B&L and the Cushendall tanks were all STs. Once you get past 1883 then the ST configuration tends to disappear.
The more pressing reason is that my wife likes saddle tanks.
Peter in AZ
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