Dejà vu Waterford ’25, which was launched at Mount Congreve in Waterford, is a rally that’s not a rally!
It has a start and finish arch, a commentator, a rally road book for it’s 150-mile route, but no stop watches! This non-competitive ‘moving museum’ of rally cars, many with famous names on board, will be spirit these beautifully turned out and valuable vehicles over the classic Waterford Circuit of Ireland Rally stages that were used when the great Easter event came to the area in the 1980s.
The spectacular weekend programme includes the Road Run, a Welcome Reception, a Gala Dinner and a Dungarvan town centre Cars and Coffee farewell.
The proceeds will aid of two local charities, the Dungarvan Palliative Care Unit (supporting those facing life-limiting or life-threating illnesses and their families), and the Craig Breen Foundation, which helps young Irish rally drivers in their formative years and was created in the memory of Waterford’s World Rallying star Craig who tragically lost his life in a testing accident prior to the Croatian Rally in 2023.
The Park Hotel in Dungarvan will be the epicentre of the three-day festival which takes place on the 10-11-12 October 2025.
Registration and a Welcome Reception will open the weekend’s activities on Friday 10th. October.
On Saturday 11th. October the 150-mile run, over the costal and mountainous stages that were used on the Circuit of Ireland Rally in the 1980s, starts and finishes in Dungarvan. There will be a lunch halt at Mount Congreve where the public can view the cars and the Gala Dinner with entertainment, videos, interviews and a charity auction in the Dungarvan Park Hotel on Saturday evening.
Then the cars and supplemented by some vintage cars will gather in Dungarvan Square on Sunday morning for a farewell Cars and Coffee event before they head for home.
The route, compiled by Frank Scanlon and his cousin Pat Scanlon, (who worked with the Ulster Automobile Club when they were planning the Circuit of Ireland in the 1980s), takes in the Copper Coast and the Knockmealdown Mountains.
Déjà vu Waterford ’25 will be the 12th in this series of rally reunions organised by RPM Déjà Motorsport Ltd, the group of rally loving volunteers who have raised over €375,000 for local charities to date.
Organisers Frank Scanlon, Alan Graham, Pat Scanlon, and Alan (Plum) Tyndall. Photo Michael Chester.
“We are delighted to be giving some useful support to these locally based charities through the funds that we gather from our entrants, a charity auction, and the collections from the public over the Déjà vu weekend, and we would like to acknowledge the enormous support they have received from the following people in the planning of the event.
Frank Scanlon and Pat Scanlon, the Waterford cousins who invited us to bring Déjà vu Motorsport to their area and who have been invaluable in working alongside us in its development.
Shane Houlihan and Joseph O’Flaherty who have ‘opened so many doors’ for us in the Dungarvan area, making it such a pleasure to be working with them as our plans have evolved.
The co-operation of the Waterford City & County Council, the Garda Siochána, Mount Congreve House & Gardens and the Park Hotel Dungarvan, which has been second to none.” Said Alan (Plum) Tyndall and Alan Graham, the RPM Déja vu Motorsport’s directors at the Mount Congreve launch where some very special historic rally cars were on display.
The occasion was also used to announce that Radley Engineering Ltd., the Dungarvan based company will be the main sponsor.
“We are delighted to help bring this great fundraising event to Dungarvan. It will bring large crowds and revenue to local businesses and help raise some much-needed funds for the local charities.
It’s 46 years since Radley Engineering sponsored the first ever “Killarney Rally of the Lakes” and it’s great to be helping to bring these rare cars from the “golden days of Rallying” to our local town for all to see & enjoy.” Said Jonathan Radley.
In addition, Ciaran Phelan’s National Automation Limited company through its FAAC Simply Automatic brand, who were the Déjà vu North West sponsors in 2024, will be continuing their support in Waterford.
John Ward, Michael Sheehan, Suzan Sheehan the Tipperary Motor Club (back row) and Áine Ryan, Noel Coffee Yesteryear Motor Club (front row). Photo Michael Chester.
The Tipperary Motor Club will oversee the marshalling duties during the weekend and they will work with the Yesteryear Motor Club at the Farewell Cars and Coffee gathering on Sunday morning.
Déjà vu Waterford ’25 entries open on www.rpm-motorsport.com/tours on the 1st. March 2025.
For further details contact:
Alan (Plum) Tyndall 0044 7887827150 alan@rpm-motorsport.com
or
Frank Scanlon 00353 87 256 3450 info@Scanplan.ie
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