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General rally news from around Ireland and beyond, with Kerry interest

Cavan rally driver Oran England heads west for Mayo tarmac challenge
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Cavan rally driver Oran England heads west for Mayo tarmac challenge

Based at the Westport Woods Hotel and Spa, the event serves as a massive season opener for the Triton Showers National Rally Championship, the Top Part West Coast Rally Championship, and the Sligo Pallets Border Rally Championship. For England and his Sligo-based co-driver Darragh Mullen, the challenge begins on Saturday with a full recce of the nine scheduled stages before the high-speed action kicks off on Sunday morning.
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THERE IS ALWAYS A KERRY CONNECTION: FOO FIGHTERS, FORMULA 1, AND THE SLEA HEAD RECON MISSION
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THERE IS ALWAYS A KERRY CONNECTION: FOO FIGHTERS, FORMULA 1, AND THE SLEA HEAD RECON MISSION

THERE IS ALWAYS A KERRY CONNECTION: THE RALLY STAGE THAT SAVED THE FOO FIGHTERS 🎸🏁

While the world’s media is buzzing about the Foo Fighters secret gig in Paul Geaney’s last weeked, the real story started years ago on the Slea Head rally stage.

Did you know Dave Grohl founded the band after a “soul-searching” drive on Slea Head? Fast forward to today, and he’s the heartbeat of the new Brad Pitt / Formula 1 movie soundtrack. The connection between West Kerry tarmac and the global F1 grid has never been tighter.

Read the full, incredible story of how a Dingle hitchhiker changed rock history in the comments! 👇

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HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR FEMALE RALLYING AS GEMMA HALLINAN ENTERS MAYO RALLY
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HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR FEMALE RALLYING AS GEMMA HALLINAN ENTERS MAYO RALLY

HISTORY IN THE MAKING AT THE MAYO STAGES! 🚺🏆
A massive milestone for Irish Motorsport! 🇮🇪 17-year-old Gemma Hallinan is set to become a trailblazer this weekend at the West Tyre – Westport Woods Hotel & Spa Mayo Stages Rally.
Gemma is the first female driver to make the jump from Junior 1000 forestry to closed-road tarmac under the new Motorsport Ireland regulations! 🏎️💨 After cutting her teeth in the woods, she’s bringing her Ford Fiesta R2T to the Mayo lanes to show exactly what the next generation is capable of. 🌟
Give a massive “Good Luck” to Gemma as she makes history this Sunday! 👇
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HICKEY’S HEADFORD HYBRID: SIX CYLINDERS, ONE GC8, AND A BERTIE TRIBUTE
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HICKEY’S HEADFORD HYBRID: SIX CYLINDERS, ONE GC8, AND A BERTIE TRIBUTE

20 years on from the ‘Fubaru’, John Hickey is at it again!
The legendary East Kerry engineer has spent the winter in Headford building something truly unique for the West Cork Rally. Forget what you know about the GC8—this one is running a six-cylinder engine, a first for the chassis in Irish rallying.
“Built in Kerry to be rallied in West Cork.”

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THERE IS ALWAYS A KERRY CONNECTION: KATELYN FURLONG REPRESENTS KDMC2 ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
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THERE IS ALWAYS A KERRY CONNECTION: KATELYN FURLONG REPRESENTS KDMC2 ON THE NATIONAL STAGE

THERE IS ALWAYS A KERRY CONNECTION: KATELYN FURLONG REPRESENTS KDMC2 🏁🌲

Wexford’s Katelyn Furlong is carrying the Killarney and District Motor Club colors on the national stage this year. A key part of the KDMC2 Youth Programme, Katelyn is tackling the J1000 category in the MIJRS and National Forestry Championship.

Fresh from the Yeats Ridge Forest Rally, she’s proving the Kingdom’s influence is flat-out across the country!

Full story and 2026 plans in the comments! 👇

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