Noel O’Sullivan Sr’s 40th Rally of the Lakes

40TH ANNIVERSARY

It is a special occasion for Noel O’Sullivan Sr, father of the rally’s top seed, as the Muckross man will start his 40th Rally of the Lakes out of 43 editions.

Thomas Randles (Killarney & District Motor Club Chairman), Noel O’Sullivan Jnr and Noel O’Sullivan Snr and Cormac Casey (KC Print and Clerk of the course) at the launch of the Assess Ireland International Rally of the Lakes at The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney on Sunday .The rally will take place on May 4th and 5th. Picture: Eamonn Keogh

His co-driver Nicholas Burke will be alongside the 30th time and the organisers have allocated the Ford Escort Mk2 crew door number 40 to mark the occasion.

Mike Neligan/ and John Hurley are also celebrating 40 years of motorsport. Their first rally was the 1984 Rally of the Lakes.


 
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