Kerry Links to Craig Breen Celebrated at Déjà Vu Waterford
Next weekend’s Déjà Vu Waterford will have strong Kerry links as the rallying community gathers to honour the memory of Craig Breen and Frank Meagher.
Among the headline stories is the appearance of Craig’s two World Rally Championship co-drivers, Paul Nagle and James Fulton, who will share the Citroën DS3 R5 that Breen used to win the Circuit of Ireland in 2016.
For Killarney man Nagle, it is a poignant return. He partnered Breen on 19 WRC events, and during their Irish Tarmac Rally Championship-winning run, while Fulton was alongside Breen at Hyundai and M-Sport in 2022 and 2023. The car for Waterford has been kindly supplied by Andrew Fanning.
Craig’s father Ray Breen, whose late mother was originally from outside Tralee, will drive the ex-Frank Meagher Ford Sierra Cosworth RS with his daughter Kellie co-driving. Craig drove this car in the 2022 Killarney Historic Rally.
Modern machinery will also feature. Donagh Kelly will bring the Hyundai i20 WRC Rally1 that Breen and Nagle drove on the Ypres Rally in 2021, a reminder of Craig’s spell at the top level of the sport.
Other machines with Breen family connections include the MG Metro 6R4, once campaigned by Ray in the National Rally Championship and later used by Craig as a zero car on the Killarney Historic Rally. Sean Cahill and Adam Grace will take the wheel in Waterford.
The Peugeot 206 T16 in which Craig drove on the 2014 Circuit of Kerry, will also be out.
Kerry Motorsport News’ Sean Moriarty will co-drive for David Llewellyn in an Audi Quattro S2, adding another local link to the weekend.
Saturday’s run will regroup at the Dungarvan Park Hotel at 4.30pm, where the “Breen cars” will lead the field to the finish. They will be followed by a top-class line-up including Jimmy McRae in an Opel Manta 400, Billy Coleman in a Porsche 911 SC RS, and Austin MacHale in a Ford Focus WRC.
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