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9/10 April 2022 Event Page
Martin Walsh was victor both days

2021 No event  due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

25/26 April 2020 Limerick Autotest Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions

28 April 2019  Autotest at Barna Transport (ROUND 1 OF PREMIER AUTO PARTS MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP) event page 
1 Ian White (Mini Special) 467.7s,
2 Mark Guerin (Westfield) 506.5s,
3 Liam Cashman (Westfield) 512.8s,
4 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 525.8s,
5 Don Giles (Westfield) 533.1s,
6 Victor Beamish (Mini Special) 534.0s.
Class winners: Victor Beamish, Martin Walsh, Mark Guerin, Billy Nevlle (Starlet), Eoin Noonan (Starlet), Morgan Coghlan, Damien Mulcahy.

29 April 2018 Autotest at Barna Transport
1 Ian White (Mini Special) 433.3s,
2 Liam Cashman (Nova) 452.5s,
3 Paddy Power (Mini Moke) 466.2s,
4 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 482.9s,
5 Cian Power (Mini Special) 504.0s,
6 Connie Lynch (Starlet Special) 507.4s.
Class winners: Paddy Power, Martin Walsh, Don Giles (Westfield), Stefan Walsh (Starlet), Liam Cashman, Billy Neville, Marc O’Rourke.

 5 March 2017 Autotest at Barna Transport Report
1 Ian White (Mini Special) 401.5s,
2 Don Giles (Westfield) 437.5s,
3 Liam Cashman (Starlet) 438.5s,
4 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 450.8s,
5 Connie Lynch (Starlet Special) 459.0s,
6 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 481.5s.
Class winners: Alan Clarke, Martin Walsh, Don Giles, Liam Cashman, Michael
Cashman (Corsa), Cian Power (Mini Special), Marc O'Rourke

6 March 2016 Autotest at Barna Transport. Report
1 Liam Croston (Nova) 522.8s,
2 Liam Cashman (Westfield) 556.5s,
3 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 577.7s,
4 Michael Cashman (Corsa) 584.8s,
5 James Mansfield (Mini) 587.5s,
6 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 612.2s.
Class winners: James Mansfield, Alan Clarke, Martin Walsh, Liam Cashman, Stefan Walsh (Starlet) 667.0s, Michael Cashman, Brian O'Connell (Micra) 761.0s, Evan Maher (Micra) 911.1s.

22 March 2015 at Barna Transport Report 
1 Timmy Lynch (Westfield) 546.7s,
2 Ian White (Mini) 557.6s,
3 Paddy Power (Mini Special) 565.5s,
4 Liam Cashman (Westfield) 566.4s,
5 Liam Croston (Nova) 580.3s,
6 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 599.1s,
7 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 614.3s,
8 Michael Cashman (Corsa) 614.6s,
9 Stefan Walsh (Starlet) 654.3s,
10 Don Giles (Triumph Special) 667.9s.
Class winners: Ian White, Paddy Power, Martin Walsh, Liam Cashman, Stefan
Walsh, Liam Croston, Brian O'Connell (Micra) 753.4s, Evin Maher (Micra)
903.2s, Denis Hogan (Cinquecento) 999.5s.

23 March 2014 at Barna Transport, Newcastle West, Round 1 of Premier Autoparts Auto Parts Munster championship. Report Results

1 Paddy Power (Mini Moke) 476.9s,
2 Peter Falvey (Mini Special) 477.3s,
3 Timmy Lynch (Westfield) 477.5s,
4 Liam Croston (Nova) 500.6s,
5 Ian White (Mini) 502.1s,
6 Liam Cashman (Westfield) 534.8s,
7 Connie Lynch (Starlet Special) 549.3s,
8 Michael Lynch (Starlet) 566.4s,
9 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 576.0s,
10 Don Giles (Triumph Special) 590.8s.

Class winners: Ian White, Peter Falvey, Connie Lynch, Timmy Lynch, Michael Lynch, Liam Croston, Robert Fenlon (Seicento) 597.8s,Sharon Clarke (Starlet Special) 676.4s, John Fenlon (Seicento).

24 March 2013 at BARNA TRANSPORT, NEWCASTLE WEST (ROUND 1 OF PREMIER AUTO PARTS MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Peter Falvey (Nova) 585.7s,
2 Ian White (Mini) 590.8s,
3 Paddy Power (Mini Special) 595.0s,
4 Damien Doran (Mini) 598.5s,
5 Timmy Lynch (Westfield) 613.4s,
6 Liam Cashman (Starlet) 614.9s,
7 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 616.1s,
8 Liam Croston (Starlet) 629.9s,
9 Gerry Lynch (Westfield) 649.0s,
10 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 679.5s.
Class winners: Ian White, Paddy Power, Martin Walsh, Timmy Lynch, Liam Cashman, Liam Croston, David Beamish (Mini Special) 778.6s, Sharon Clarke (Mini Special) 768.2s.
Report  2013 Full Result

6 March 2011 AT BARNA TRANSPORT, NEWCASTLE WEST (ROUND 1 OF PREMIER AUTO PARTS MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP):
1 Paddy Power (Mini Special) 581.8s,
2 Liam Cashman (Starlet) 592.5s,
3 Don Giles (Westfield) 617.3s,
4 Peter Desmond (Westfield) 622.0s,
5 Liam Croston (Starlet) 627.0s,
6 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 664.7s,
7 Stefan Walsh (Starlet) 674.7s,
8 Trevor Mitchell (Starlet Special) 678.9s,
9 Damien Doran (Starlet) 713.5s,
10 Norman Giles (Triumph Special) 727.7s.
Class winners:
Martin Walsh, Don Giles, Liam Cashman, Liam Croston, Paul Mitchell (Starlet Special) 1034.2s, Sharon Clarke (Starlet Special) 1058.8s.

7 March 2010 AT BARNA TRANSPORT, NEWCASTLE WEST (ROUND 1 OF PREMIER AUTO PARTS MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Paddy Power (Mini Special) 546.2s,
2 Alan Coyle (Mini Special) 570.3s,
3 Don Giles (Westfield) 609.9s,
4 Ger Lawlor (Starlet) 642.6s,
5 Liam Croston (Starlet) 642.8s,
6 Damien Doran (Mini) 646.1s,
7 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 651.5s,
8 Mike Mulcahy (Mini Special) 652.7s,
9 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 659.9s,
10 John Lyons (Starlet Special) 664.4s.
Class winners:
Damien Doran, Alan Coyle, Martin Walsh, Don Giles, Michael Lynch (Starlet) 707.3s, Ger Lawlor, Sean Keohane (Westfield) 686.1s, Dermot O’Shea (Starlet) 765.2s, Tommy Cummane (Starlet) 952.8s.
Report 7 March 2010 Autotest

25 July 2009 AT PALLAS FOODS, NEWCASTLE WEST (ROUND 11 OF PREMIER AUTO PARTS MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Paddy Power (Mini Special) 574.5s,
2 Victor Beamish (Mini Special) 601.6s,
3 Peter Desmond (Westfield) 607.0s,
4 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 609.7s,
5 Alan Coyle (Mini Special) 622.2s,
6 Don Giles (Westfield) 623.4s.
Class winners:
Robert Beamish (Mini) 735.0s, Victor Beamish, Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 663.5s, Peter Desmond, Liam Croston (Starlet) 654.0s, Ger Lawlor (Starlet) 691.1s, Stefan Walsh (Starlet) 732.6s.

26 July 2009 AT PALLAS FOODS, NEWCASTLE WEST (ROUND 12 OF PREMIER AUTO PARTS MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Paddy Power (Mini Special) 575.8s,
2 Alan Coyle (Mini Special) 586.9s,
3 Liam Cashman (Starlet) 594.6s,
4 Victor Beamish (Mini Special) 596.1s,
5 Don Giles (Westfield) 603.0s,
6 Mike Mulcahy (Mini Special) 610.1s.
Class winners:
Damien Doran (Mini) 684.1s, Alan Coyle, Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 618.4s, Don Giles, Liam Cashman, Ger Lawlor (Starlet) 636.3s, Stefan Walsh (Starlet) 709.7s, William Lynch (Starlet) 799.6s.

8 March 2009 AT BARNA TRANSPORT, NEWCASTLE WEST (ROUND 3 OF PREMIER AUTO PARTS MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Paddy Power (Mini Special) 491.5s,
2 Alan Coyle (Mini Special) 502.9s,
3 Mike Mulcahy (Mini Special) 509.1s,
4 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 512.8s,
5 Gerry Lynch (Westfield) 518.5s,
6 Martin Walsh (Starlet Special) 527.8s,
7 Liam Cashman (Starlet) 531.3s,
8 Steven Clarke (Starlet) 541.0s,
9 John Lyons (Starlet Special) 553.7s,
10 Liam Croston (Starlet) 553.9s.
Class winners:
Alan Coyle, Martin Walsh, Gerry Lynch, Liam Cashman, Mark Coghlan (Ka) 596.2s, Stefan Walsh (Starlet) 640.7s, Sean Keohane (Westfield) 866.2s, Damien Hickey 788.0s.
Full Time sheet for 8 March 2009

2008

Reports for 2 March and 19/20 July 2008 Limerick MC Autotests Photos

21 July 2007 at Pallas Foods, Ardagh Road, Newcastle West
1 P Power (Mini Special) 580.0s
2 G Lynch (Westfield) 595.0s
3 V Beamish (Mini Special) 608.0s
4 M Cashman (Corsa) 615.4s
5 L Cashman (Starlet) 618.9s
6 D Giles(Westfield) 644.3s
7 L Croston (Starlet) 682.2s
8 G Breen (Micra) 684.0s
9 P Desmond (Westfield)684.3s
10 S Clarke (Starlet) 691.9s
Class Winners V Beamish,M Coghlan (Corsa Special) 734.9s, G lynch, L Cashman, M Cashman, C Lynch (Starlet) 736.7s

22 July 2007
1 P Power (Mini Special) 512.6s
2 G Lynch (Westfield) 539.8s
3 P Desmond (Westfield) 549.4s
4 L Cashman (Starlet) 549.7s
5 5 M Mulcahy (Mini Special) 552.5s
6 D Giles (Westfield) 562.2s
7 A Clarke (Mini Special)568.0s
8 M Cashman (Corsa) 568.7s
9 V Beamish (Mini special) 578.8s
10 L Croston (starlet)611.2s
Class Winners M Mulcahy, D Treacy (Corsa Special), G Lynch, L Cashman, M Cashman, Connie Lynch (Starlet) 740.6s

24 July 2006 at Barna
This event was run by the Limerick Motor Club COC Sean Liston and his team ran 12 very demanding tests for the 22 competitors.The weather was excellent the venue Barna Transport Barna Newcastle West was perfect.

The event started at 11.45 and finished at 15.00 Hrs Results
1 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 593.6s,
2 Michael Cashman (Corsa) 595.1s,
3 Gerry Lynch (TCS) 598.4s,
4 Liam Cashman (Westfield) 600.2s,
5 Peter Desmond (Westfield) 628.5s,
6 Liam Croston (Starlet) 672.5s.

Class winners:
John Lyons (Starlet Special) 700.9s, Gerry Lynch, Liam Croston, Michael Cashman, Damien Holian (Civic) 704.8s, Ciaran Fitzgerald (Starlet) 817.3s, Bill Fitzgerald.

Photos by Mike Mulcahy

17 July 2005 at Newcastle West  
1 P Power (Mini Special) 499.7s
2 T McDaid (Mini) 526.6s  
3 A Clarke (Mini Special) 535.4s  
4 V Beamish (Mini Special) 543.7s  
5 B Farmer (Mini Special) 552.3s  
6 D Giles (Westfield) 555.6 
Class Winners T McDaid, A Clarke, M Coghlan (Starlet Special) 599.4s, D Giles, D Hendrick (Starlet) 605.1s, L Croston (Starlet) 649.0s, P McCarthy (Starlet) 848.7, S Liston (Starlet Special) 776.1s

Photo below 2005 Autotest at Barna. Click on photo for larger view.

17 July 2004 Saturday at Foynes

1 Paddy Power (Mini Special) 605.0s
2 Liam Cashman (Starlet) 651.8s
3 Ken Irwin (Mini Special) 652.7s
4 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 660.8s
5 Michael Cashman (Corsa) 663.4s
6 Tommi McDaid (Mini Special) 672.2s
7 Brendan Farmer (Mini Special) 679.3s
8 Peter Desmond (Westfield) 706.6s
9 Mark Coghlan (Starlet) 709.6s
10 John Keohane (Nova) 711.2s
11 Dave Treacy (Corsa) 712.6s
12 John Lyons (Mini) 726.3s.

Class winners: John Lyons ,Ken Irwin, Peter Desmond , Liam Cashman, Michael Cashman, Michael Lynch 760.0s, Liam Croston (Starlet) 760.0s ,

28 March 2004 at Askeaton 
1 Paddy Power (Mini Moke) 525.5s,
2 Alan Clarke (Mini Special) 584.3s,
3 Brendan Farmer (Mini Special) 595.8s,
4 Victor Beamish (Mini Special) 601.2s,
5 John Lyons (Mini) 615.0s,
6 Steven Clarke (Mini Special) 616.9s,
7 Peter Keohane (Westfield) 620.9s,
8 Mike Mulcahy (Starlet) 667.8s,
9 Michael Cashman (Corsa) 677.6s,
10 Don Giles (Westfield) 680.8s,
11 Mark Coghlan (Starlet) 682.0s,
12 Kevin Donovan (Corsa) 691.1s.

Class winners: John Lyons, Alan Clarke, Peter Keohane, Mike Mulcahy, Michael Cashman, Michael Lynch 733.3s, Connie Lynch (Starlet) 771.4s, Jonathan Wren 1063.1s

21 July 2002 at Foynes
1 Paddy Power (Mini Moke) 510.1s
2 Ian White (Mini) 532.0s
3 Liam Cashman (Starlet) 550.4s
4 Michael Cashman (Corsa) 568.1s
5 John Lyons (Mini) 585.7s
6 Mark Coghlan (Mini Special) 598.8s
Class winners Ian White, Mark Coghlan, Mark Falvey (Escort Spl) 604.8s, Liam Cashman, Michael Cashman

26 March 2000 This autotest was held in sunny conditions at the Arena Supermarket, Askeaton Co. Limerick. The event was the first round of the S. TYRES Munster Autotest championship.
Micheal Cashman had a 28 second winning margin in his Mini Saloon.
Result Limerick Motor Club Autotest 26 March 2000
1st Overall Micheal Cashman 461.69seconds
Class Winners
A Ian White 489.08s
B Brendan Farmer 532.69s
C John Keohane 496.12
E Victor Beamish 562.92
F Alan Clarke 529.77
Gerard O'Connor was Clerk of Course

28 March 1999 Autotest was held at the Heritage Centre, Adare

29 March 1998 This event held in bad weather at Newcastle West was won by club member and Munster championship registrar Mike Mulcahy

2 March 1997 at Market Square Newcastle West. Event was first round of Macroom Motor Factors Munster Autotest Championship

3 March 1996 at Market Square Newcastle West
This event was described in the January 1996 newsletter as "our first Autotest". The authors's records show no autotests in 1994 and 1995. The event was described as a Test Trial and a "new venture" in the April 1996 newsletter. The Clerk of Course was Ed O'Callaghan
Overall 1. Brendan Farmer Mini 2. Mike Mulcahy Special 3. Joe Shinnors Corsa
Class 4 1. Barry Tobin Cortina 2. Paddy McDonnell Cortina
Class 3 1. Bill           Special (Surname not given in April 1996 newsletter!) 2. Pat Dowling Special
Class 5 1. Niall Shorten 205 GTI 2. Alan Shinnors Corsa 3. Greg Shinnors Corsa
Best Novice Mervyn Shorten
Best LMC Member Matthew Shinnors
F

The above event appears to be an evolution of the Winter Trial type event run from the 1950s to the 1970s 

30/31 July 2022 Ballingarry, Co Limerick. Rounds 9 & 10 of the Alekto Hillclimb and Sprint Championship Event Page

Saturday
1 Christopher Houston OMS CF08 1:02.57
2 John Donnelly Pilbeam MP62 1:02.70
3 Billy White Formula Renault Rodger 1:02.79
4 Ned Doherty Speedcar GTR 1:03.30
5 Russell Stanworth Reynard Opel Lotus 1:06.31
6 Ben O'Brien Reynard F3 1:07.33
7 Paul Hamill Suzuki Tiger 1:07.74
8 Dara Fay Suzuki Swift 1:08.35
9 Christopher Snow Honda Civic 1:08.60
10 Willie Barrett Honda Civic Type R 1:08.71
Class winners 7 Christopher Houston, 6 Billy White, 3C Ned Doherty, 3A Brian Kirwan, 1A Dara Fay, 9B Christopher Snow, 3B Paul Hamill, 8B Andrew Farmer, 9A Cathal Mulcaire, 5 Enda Byrne, 2 Thomas Sheedy, 10 Tony Ferris, 1B Mark Halligan

Sunday
1 Christopher Houston OMS CF08 56.91
2 John Donnelly Pilbeam MP62 57.22
3 Billy White Formula Renault Rodger 1:00.96
4 Ned Doherty Speedcar GTR 1:01.30
5 BenO'Brien Reynard F3 1:01.96 Danny Calnan Speedcar GTR 1:04.05
7 Brian Kirwan Peugeot 205 RWD 1:04.32
8 Russell Stanworth Reynard Opel Lotus 1:05.22
9 Dara Fay Suzuki Swift 1:05.34
10 Christopher Snow Honda Civic 1:05.73
Class winners 7 Christopher Houston, 6 Billy White, 3C Ned Doherty, 3A Brian Kirwan, 1A Dara Fay, 9B Christopher Snow, 3B Willie Barrett, 8B Andrew Farmer, 9A Kieran Hayes, 5 Sean McNamara, 2 Thomas Sheedy, 10 Tony Ferris, 1B Mark Halligan

Class 4 Historic Handicap result (net times after handicap applied)
Saturday 1 Mick O'Shea 60.59s 2 John Farrell 60.61s 3 Tom Slattery 64.50
Sunday 1 John Farrell 56.67 2 Mick O'Shea 57.74 3 Tom Slattery 60.05

2021 Limerick Hillclimb-Sprint not run due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions

1/2 August 2020 Limerick Hillclimb-Sprint (HC) Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions

3 August 2019 GLENROE, KILMALLOCK, CO LIMERICK (ROUND 9 OF PACK & PALLET NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP) Event Page
1 Rob Dwane (OMS 25) 74.99s,
2 Brian Kirwan (Peugeot 205) 85.75s,
3 Russell Stanworth (Reynard RF81 Opel) 86.08s,
4 Aidan Courtney (Peugeot 106) 86.66s,
5 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 86.86s,
6 Dara Fay (Suzuki Swift) 87.10s,
7 Damien Walsh (Supercar RT2000) 88.19s,
8 Trevor Roche (Civic) 88.25s,
9 Paul Hamill (Tiger Avon Suzuki) 88.69s,
10 Tommy Gardiner (Civic) 88.92s.

Class winners: Russell Stanworth, Brian Kirwan, Aidan Courtney, John Mahon, Damien Walsh, Trevor Roche, Gary Cunningham (Mini Z Car), Jack Deegan (Peugeot 205), Seamus Anderson (Anglia), Siobhan McCann (Sheane VW), Mark Halligan (Seicento), Ed Cassidy (Iona Special).

4 August 2019 GLENROE, KILMALLOCK, CO LIMERICK (ROUND 10 OF PACK & PALLET NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Rob Dwane (OMS 25) 73.00s,
2 Russell Stanworth (Reynard RF81 Opel) 82.00s,
3 Gary Cunningham (Mini Z Car) 83.61s,
4 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 84.70s,
5 Paul Hamill (Tiger Avon Suzuki) 84.88s,
6 Dara Fay (Suzuki Swift) 84.95s,
7 Brian Kirwan (Peugeot 205) 85.49s,
8 Aidan Courtney (Peugeot 106) 86.53s,
9 Tommy Gardiner (Civic) 86.80s,
10 Damien Walsh (Supercar RT2000) 87.22s.

Class winners: Russell Stanworth, Gary Cunningham, Aidan Courtney, John Mahon, Paul Hamill, Nigel Roche (Civic), Dara Fay, Jack Deegan (Peugeot 205), Mick Boland (Nova), Siobhan McCann (Sheane VW), Mark Halligan (Seicento), Ed Cassidy (Iona Special).

22 September 2018 SPRINT AT LIMERICK RACECOURSE, PATRICKSWELL, CO LIMERICK Event Page
1 Dara Fay (Suzuki Swift) 95.74s,
2 Russell Stanworth (Reynard RF81 Opel) 97.56s,
3 Willie Barrett (Civic) 98.18s,
4 Brian Kirwan (Peugeot 205) 98.50s,
5 Neil Dugan (Peugeot 205) 98.78s,
6 Peter McKinley (Escort) 99.54s,
7 Martin Flanagan (BMW M3) 100.67s,
8 Tommy Gardiner (Civic) 101.17s,
9 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 102.26s,
10 Ben O’Brien (BMW E3) 102.87s.

Class winners: Ray Cunningham (Mini), Leanne Carroll (Seicento), Willie Barrett, Brian Kirwan, Neil Dugan, Gary Cunningham (Global GT), Sean Murray (Lotus Elan +2S), John Whitley (Swift FF1600), John Mahon, Russell Stanworth, Jamie O’Rourke (Punto), Aidan Walsh (Escort), Martin Flanagan.

23 September 2018 SPRINT AT LIMERICK RACECOURSE, PATRICKSWELL, CO LIMERICK
1 Peter McKinley (Escort) 93.36s,
2 Russell Stanworth (Reynard RF81 Opel) 93.71s,
3 Ben O’Brien (BMW E3) 94.63s,
4 Tommy Gardiner (Civic) 95.05s,
5 Dara Fay (Suzuki Swift) 95.48s,
6 Neil Dugan (Peugeot 205) 95.80s,
7 Willie Barrett (Civic) 95.95s,
8 Martin Flanagan (BMW M3) 96.95s,
9 John Kennedy (Dax Rush) 97.76s,
10 (tie) John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) and Jamie O’Rourke (Punto) 98.03s.

17:54:50Class winners: Ray Cunningham (Mini), Elaine Kirwan (Seicento), Tommy Gardiner, John Kennedy, Ben O’Brien, Mick O’Shea (MGB GT), John Whitley (Swift FF1600), John Mahon, Russell Stanworth, Jamie O’Rourke, Chris O’Callaghan (Escort), Martin Flanagan.

Limerick Motor Club Sprint Event Page
Saturday 4 August 2018 at Glenroe Round 4 of Naylor Engineering Hillclimb and Sprint Championship
1 Rob Dwane (OMS 25) 77.31s,
2 Gary Cunningham (Global GT) 81.13s,
3 Peter McKinley (Escort) 84.02s,
4 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 85.05s,
5 Mark Carroll (Starlet) 86.15s,
6 Dara Fay (Suzuki Swift) 87.37s,
7 Martin Flanagan (BMW M3) 88.48s,
8 Tommy Gardiner (Civic) 88.64s,
9 Denis O’Connell (Civic) 89.93s,
10 Paul O’Connell (Civic) 90.46s.

Class winners: Liam Fitzgibbon (Micra), Gary Egan (Seicento), Dara Fay, John Kennedy (Dax Rush), Peter McKinley, Gary Cunningham, Ken Treacy (Mini), Enda Byrne (Sheane VW), John Mahon, Denis O’Connell, Peter McDonnell (Civic), Martin Flanagan.

Sunday 5 August 2018 at Glenroe Round 5 of Naylor Engineering Hillclimb and Sprint Championship
1 Rob Dwane (OMS 25) 76.64s,
2 Gary Cunningham (Global GT) 82.50s,
3 Peter McKinley (Escort) 83.91s,
4 Brian Kirwan (Peugeot 205) 84.97s,
5 Tommy Gardiner (Civic) 87.01s,
6 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 87.15s,
7 Dara Fay (Suzuki Swift) 87.68s,
8 Martin Flanagan (BMW M3) 87.70s,
9 Derek Butler (Civic) 87.97s,
10 Willie Barrett (Civic) 89.11s.

Class winners: Andrew Purser (Peugeot 205), Leanne Carroll (Seicento), Tommy Gardiner, Brian Kirwan, Peter McKinley, Gary Cunningham, Mick O’Shea (MGB GT), Enda Byrne (Sheane VW), John Mahon, Derek Butler, Peter McDonnell (Civic), Martin Flanagan.

LIMERICK Motor Club Sprint Event Page
5 August 2017 AT GLENROE ROUND 7 OF NAYLOR ENGINEERING NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Rob Dwane (OMS 25) 73.42s,
2 Joe Courtney (Reynard 913-Peugeot) 74.85s,
3 Rory Stephens (Radical SR8 Hayabusa) 80.51s,
4 Billy White (Mygale-Renault) 82.84s,
5 Gary Egan (Mygale-Renault) 83.00s,
6 Paul O'Connell (Norma M20B) 83.40s,
7 Gary Cunningham (Global GT) 84.29s,
8 Russell Stanworth (Reynard RF81 Opel) 85.70s,
9 Seamus Morris (Darrian GTR Millington) 87.28s,
10 Ed Synan (Escort) 88.08s.
Class winners: Dara Fay (Suzuki Swift), Damien Walsh (Cinquecento), Tommy
Gardiner (Civic), Danny Calnan (Corsa), Denis Hogan (BMW M3), Paul
O'Connell, Jack Kingston (Lotus Elan),
Enda Byrne (Sheane VW), Billy White, Joe Courtney, Ger Lyons (Civic), Peter
Cummins (Darrian T90), Seamus Morris.

6 August 2017 at GLENROE ROUND 8 OF NAYLOR ENGINEERING NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Gary Egan (Mygale-Renault) 84.80s,
2 Billy White (Mygale-Renault) 85.97s,
3 Rob Dwane (OMS 25) 87.27s,
4 Paul O'Connell (Norma M20B) 88.26s,
5 Peter Cummins (Darrian T90) 89.95s,
6 Gary Cunningham (Global GT) 91.90s,
7 Padraig Egan (Impreza) 92.09s,
8 Seamus Morris (Darrian GTR Millington) 92.27s,
9 Russell Stanworth (Reynard RF81 Opel) 92.84s,
10 Rory Stephens (Radical SR8 Hayabusa) 93.44s.
Class winners: Dara Fay (Suzuki Swift), Damien Walsh (Cinquecento), Tommy
Gardiner (Civic), Danny Calnan (Corsa), Denis Hogan (BMW M3), Paul
O'Connell, Eoin Gannon (Mini Cooper S), Enda Byrne (Sheane VW), Billy White,
Russell Stanworth, Ger Lyons (Civic), Peter Cummins, Padraig Egan.

HILLCLIMB AT EFFIN, KILMALLOCK, CO LIMERICK Event web page

 ROUND 9 OF NAYLOR ENGINEERING NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP 30 July 2016
1 Joe Courtney (Reynard 913-Peugeot) 57.88s,
2 Rory Stephens (Radical SR8 Hayabusa) 61.35s,
3 Robert Bell (Crossle 30F-Hayabusa) 65.03s,
4 Deirdre McKinley (Reynard GM) 66.47s,
5 Mark Carroll (Starlet) 67.68s,
6 Denis Hogan (BMW M3) 67.80s,
7 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 68.09s,
8 Neil Dugan (Peugeot 205) 68.10s,
9 Russell Stanworth (Reynard RF81 Opel) 69.40s,
10 Peter McKinley (Escort) 69.96s.
Class winners: Dara Fay (Swift) 75.74s, Gary Egan (Seicento) 81.45s, Gary Graham (Peugeot 205) 73.37s, John Kennedy (Dax Rush) 71.96s, Mark Carroll, Seamus Anderson (Anglia) 55.28s (nett), John Whitley (Swift FF1600) 80.49s, Robert Bell, Rory Stephens, Tom Gardiner (Civic) 74.07s, Danny Calnan (Corsa) 72.16s.

ROUND 10 OF NAYLOR ENGINEERING NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP 31 July 2016
1 Joe Courtney (Reynard 913-Peugeot) 56.94s,
2 Rory Stephens (Radical SR8 Hayabusa) 59.70s,
3 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 64.73s,
4 (tie) Deirdre McKinley (Reynard GM) and Robert Bell (Crossle 30F-Hayabusa) 64.78s,
6 Denis Hogan (BMW M3) 66.04s,
7 Peter McKinley (Escort) 67.19s,
8 Mark Carroll (Starlet) 67.50s,
9 Neil Dugan (Peugeot 205) 67.80s,
10 Derek Butler (Civic) 70.24s.
Class winners: Dara Fay (Swift) 75.81s, Billy White (Cinquecento) 81.35s, Gary Graham (Peugeot 205) 72.83s, John Kennedy (Dax Rush) 71.57s, Denis Hogan, Mick O'Shea (MGBGT) 55.03s (nett), John Whitley (Swift FF1600) 79.78s, John Mahon, Rory Stephens, Derek Butler, James Bradley (Peugeot 205) 71.72s.

2015 HILLCLIMB AT EFFIN Event web page

1 AUGUST (ROUND 4 OF NAYLOR ENGINEERING NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Joe Courtney (Reynard 913-Peugeot) 57.31s,
2 Rory Stephens (Radical SR8 Hayabusa) 62.18s,
3 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 64.16s,
4 Martin Tracey (Lancer Evo) 65.54s,
5 Eanna Carroll (Civic Turbo) 65.65s,
6 Denis Hogan (BMW M3) 67.06s,
7 Jim Doherty (Starlet) 67.08s,
8 Paul McLoughlin (Sheane Rover) 67.54s,
9 Peter Bogan (Escort) 68.01s,
10 Mark Carroll (Starlet) 69.85s.
Class winners: Deirdre McKinley (Nova) 83.68s, Billy White (Cinquecento)
82.15s, Jim Doherty, Peter Bogan, Eanna Carroll, Donal Griffin (Avenger-BRM)
55.29s (net), John Whitley (Laser FF1600) 75.51s, John Mahon, Rory Stephens, Georgie Bell (Civic) 72.65s, Pat Barry (Escort) 73.25s.

2 AUGUST(ROUND 5 OF NAYLOR ENGINEERING NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Joe Courtney (Reynard 913-Peugeot) 57.56s,
2 Rory Stephens (Radical SR8 Hayabusa) 61.29s,
3 Martin Tracey (Lancer Evo) 64.57s,
4 Eanna Carroll (Civic Turbo) 64.63s,
5 Robert Bell (Crossle 30F- Hayabusa) 65.32s,
6 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 65.55s,
7 Jim Doherty (Starlet) 67.48s,
8 Denis Hogan (BMW M3) 67.55s,
9 Adam Craughan (BMW) 68.18s,
10 Peter Bogan (Escort) 68.79s.
Class winners: Deirdre McKinley (Nova) 82.33s, Billy White (Cinquecento)
81.88s, Jim Doherty, Peter Bogan, Eanna Carroll, Mick O'Shea (MGB GT) 55.07s (nett), John Whitley (Laser FF1600) 76.10s, Robert Bell, Rory Stephens, Greg Walker (Escort) 70.99s, Ed O'Callaghan (Escort) 68.84s.

2/3 August 2014 Hillcimb at Effin, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick

(ROUND 7 OF NAYLOR ENGINEERING NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP) (DAY 1):
1 Simon McKinley (Lant RT2 Warrior) 58.50s,
2 Rory Stephens (Radical SR8 Hayabusa) 62.36s,
3 Paul O'Connell (Delta T79 Warrior) 62.43s,
4 Robert Bell (Crossle 30F-Yamaha) 63.85s,
5 Jim Doherty (Starlet) 67.04s,
6 John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) 69.24s,
7 Alex Wilsdon (Radical PR6) 69.48s,
8 Deirdre McKinley (Reynard GM) 69.92s,
9 Gary Graham (Van Diemen F Ireland) 70.10s,
10 Peter Bogan (Escort) 70.33s.
Class winners: Gary Cunningham (Punto) 77.49s, Jim Doherty, Peter Bogan, Alex Wilsdon, Mick O'Shea (MGB GT) 56.42s (net), Eugene French (Sheane VW) 76.03s, Robert Bell, Rory Stephens, Peter McDonnell (Civic) 74.10s, Pat Barry (Sierra Cosworth) 75.46s.

(ROUND 8 OF NAYLOR ENGINEERING NATIONAL HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP) (DAY 2):
1 Simon McKinley (Lant RT2 Warrior) 56.79s (Hill record),
2 Alex Wilsdon Jnr (Radical PR6) 59.16s,
3 Robert Bell (Crossle 30F-Yamaha) 59.31s,
4 Paul O'Connell (Delta T79 Warrior) 59.72s,
5 Rory Stephens (Radical SR8 Hayabusa) 59.77s,
6 John Byrne (Jedi-Honda) 62.60s,
7 (tie) John Mahon (DJ-ADS1 Hayabusa) and Gary Graham (Van Diemen F Ireland) 64.02s,
9 Deirdre McKinley (Reynard GM) 64.68s,
10 Jim Doherty (Starlet) 67.67s.
Class winners: Gary Cunningham (Punto) 75.47s, Jim Doherty, Peter Bogan
(Escort) 69.14s, Alex Wilsdon Jnr, Barry Smith (Escort) 54.83s (net), Adam
Craughan (Sheane VW) 73.59s, Robert Bell, Paul O'Connell, Derek Butler
(Civic) 70.67s, Jack Deegan (Peugeot 205) 72.75s.

Further Information about 2014 event

LIMERICK MOTOR CLUB IRISH FESTIVAL OF SPEED SPRINT AT GREENMOUNT RACECOURSE, PATRICKSWELL, CO LIMERICK

3 August 2013
1 Sylvie Mullins (Gould GR37 Judd) 52.82s,
2 Joe Courtney (OMS-Suzuki) 53.66s,
3 John Byrne (Jedi-Honda) 56.26s,
4 Simon McKinley (Escort) 56.42s,
5 David Parks (Sheane FS) 56.59s,
6 Rory Stephens (Radical SR3 Hayabusa Turbo) 56.67s,
7 Michael Roche (Dallara F301) 57.86s,
8 Deirdre McKinley (Reynard GM) 58.83s,
9 Torsten Schmidt (Escort) 58.98s,
10 Brendan Keane (Swallow DR14 F3 Zetec) 59.40s,

Class winners: Ray Cunningham (Mini) 59.95s, John Cardoo (Mini) 63.82s, Ian Quinn (Mini-Hayabusa) 61.04s, Simon McKinley, Paddins Dowling (ERA R10B) 36.80s (net), Mick O’Shea (Iona Special) 44.65s (net), Steve Griffin (MG Midget) 44.98s (net), Brendan O’Brien (Leastone FV) 64.83s, Joe Courtney, David Parks, Kevin O’Connor (Citroen C2R2) 62.98s, Torsten Schmidt.

4 August 2013
1 Sylvie Mullins (Gould GR37 Judd) 52.54s (Course record),
2 Joe Courtney (OMS-Suzuki) 53.06s,
3 John Byrne (Jedi-Honda) 56.16s,4
4 Frank Byrnes (Pilbeam MP45 Rover V8) 56.30s,
5 Simon McKinley (Escort) 56.35s,
6 Deirdre McKinley (Reynard GM) 56.59s,
7 David Parks (Sheane FS) 56.73s,
8 Kevin Sheane Jnr (Sheane FS) 57.01s,
9 Rory Stephens (Radical SR3 Hayabusa Turbo) 57.24s,
10 Brendan Keane (Swallow DR14 F3 Zetec) 57.37s.

Class winners: Ray Cunningham (Mini) 58.24s, John Cardoo (Mini) 60.55s, Ian Quinn (Mini-Hayabusa) 62.28s, Simon McKinley, Nick Smith (MG PB) 50.38s (net), David Queally (Turner) 49.18s (net), Liam Ruth (MG Midget) 41.95s (net), Brendan O’Brien (Leastone FV) 63.03s, Joe Courtney, Frank Byrnes, Kevin O’Connor (Citroen C2R2) 61.02s, Torsten Schmidt (Escort) 59.59s.

2013 Reports, photos and videos here

2012 Cancelled Irish Festival of Speed planned as an every second year event

31st July 2011 Sprint at IRISH FESTIVAL OF SPEED, ADARE MANOR, ADARE, CO LIMERICK:
1 Sylvie Mullins (Gould GR37 Judd) 58.00s,
2 Simon McKinley (Lant RT2 Warrior) 58.56s,
3 Paul O’Connell (Pilbeam MP58 Hart) 60.88s,
4 Frank Byrnes (Pilbeam MP45 Rover V8) 61.94s,
5 Rory Stephens (Radical SR3 Hayabusa Turbo) 64.58s,
6 Brendan Keane (Reynard 873 Connaught) 65.07s,
7 Joe Courtney (OMS Suzuki) 65.08s,
8 Alan Kessie (Gryphon C73 Ford) 65.52s,
9 Seamus Morris (Pilbeam MP62 Vauxhall) 66.08s,
10 Dermot Nolan (Reynard 873 Connaught) 67.01s.
Class winners: Eanna Carroll (Civic Turbo) 67.69s, Peadar Hurson (Escort WRC) 67.50s, Kieran White (TRS Riley) 83.89s, Frank Nuttall (Graham Ford) 99.60s, Stephen Doyle (Elan) 71.12s, Simon McKinley.

Full Result

Paul O'Connell on his way to third place at the 2011 Irish Festival of Speed. Click on image to go to full album of 264 photos by Billy Ridge

2010 Cancelled The Recession

1st August 2009 OLD MILL, NEWCASTLE WEST (ROUND 11 OF MAGNUS TECHNOLOGY HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP)

1 Simon McKinley (Lant RT2) 30.42s,
2 Paul O’Connell (Delta T79 Warrior) 32.55s,
3 Rory Stephens (Radical SR3 Hayabusa) 35.51s,
4 Pete Ray (Delta T80 Ford) 36.58s,
5 John Mahon (DJ-Hayabusa) 36.67s,
6 Paul McNally (Westfield) 37.58s,
7 Stephen Gillis (Westfield) 38.01s,
8 Brendan Harpur (Delta T81 Ford) 38.42s,
9 David Cullen (Avenger-Honda) 38.74s,
10 Adrian McCallion (Crossle) 39.03s.
Class winners: Bobby Hennessy (Nova) 41.74s, Declan Cundelan (Escort) 39.91s, Rory Stephens, Trevor Cullen (Escort) 40.03s,

Dermott Quigley (Anglia) 33.05s net, Colm Dunphy (Laser FF) 41.88s, Pete Ray, Paul O’Connell, Karen Feeney (Rover 25) 50.07s,

Mark Cullen (Darrian T90) 39.72s, David Cullen.

2nd August 2009  BOOLA HILL, BROADFORD (ROUND 12 OF MAGNUS TECHNOLOGY HILLCLIMB/SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP):

1 Simon McKinley (Lant RT2) 33.69s,
2 Paul O’Connell (Delta T79 Warrior) 35.23s,
3 Pete Ray (Delta T80 Ford) 40.83s,
4 Rory Stephens (Radical SR3 Hayabusa) 41.07s,
5 Stephen Gillis (Westfield) 41.71s,
6 Brendan Harpur (Delta T81 Ford) 42.12s,
7 Tom Flaherty (Escort) 42.32s,
8 David Cullen (Avenger-Honda) 42.50s,
9 Ger Hodgins (Escort) 43.79s,
10 Paul McNally (Westfield) 44.10s.
Class winners: Joe Leacy (Mini) 46.59s, Tommy Murphy (Civic) 44.16s, Rory Stephens, Tom Flaherty, Dermott Quigley (Anglia) 35.99s net, Pete Ray, Paul O’Connell, Colin Roche (Mini) 51.77s, Mark Cullen (Darrian T90) 44.31s, David Cullen.

2009 Full Result Day 1
2009 Full Result Day 2
2009 Event Webpage 

2nd August 2008 Old Mill

1 9 Simon McKinley Lant RT2 (1) 7 29.96
2 10 Paul O'Connell Delta Warrior T79 (2) 7  31.13
3 52 Russell Stanworth Renard Opel Lotus (3) 733.24
4 120 Seamus Morris Darrian T90 (1) 3B  33.98
5 23 Brendan Keane Magnum 873 (1) 5B 34.07
6 50 Darryl Ramsay OMS Honda (1) 6 34.19
7 146 Rory Stephens Radical SR3 (1) 3A  34.26
8 200 James Doherty Delta T85 (2) 5B  34.28
9 29 Mike Moloney Ford Escort (1) 10 35.09
10 62 Adrian McCallion Normandale (2) 6  35.38

3rd August 2008 Boola hill, Broadford Some photographs by Ger Cusack

1 9 Simon McKinley Lant RT2 (1) 7 33.11
2 10 Paul O'Connell Delta Warrior T79 (2) 7 34.12
3 50 Darryl Ramsay OMS Honda (1) 6  38.52
4 52 Russell Stanworth Renard Opel Lotus (3) 7 38.61
5 200 James Doherty Delta T85 (1) 5B 39.38
6 44 John McNamara Ralt RT1 Coogar (4) 7  39.62
7 23 Brendan Keane Magnum 873 (2) 5B  40.28
8 146 Rory Stephens Radical SR3 (1) 3A  40.38
9 120 Seamus Morris Darrian T90 (1) 3B  40.41
10 62 Adrian McCallion Normandale (2) 6 41.65

2008 Full Result Day 1
2008 Full Result Day 2
2008 Event Web Page

4th August 2007 Old Mill

1 10 Paul O Connell Delta (1) 7  38.17
2 25 Simon Mc Kinley Escort (1) 3B 39.69
3 152 Lee Stanworth Lotus (2) 7 39.91
4 52 Russell Stanworth Lotus (3) 7 39.97
5 23 Brendan Keane Magnum 873 (1) 5B  41.11
6 45 Rory O Brien Lotus (4) 7 42.02
7 192 Peter Bogan Escort (1) 3A 43.33
8 17 John Mahon Suzuki (1) 6 43.54
9 28 Stephen Gillis Westfield (2) 3A  43.88
10 222 Michael Melia Lotus (5) 7  43.98

th August 2007 Boola hill,  Broadford
1 1 Frank Byrnes Pilbeam (1) 7  38.59
2 10 Paul O Connell Delta (2) 7  38.84
3 25 Simon Mc Kinley Escort (1) 3B  39.94
4 52 Russell Stanworth Lotus (3) 7  41.89
5 152 Lee Stanworth Lotus (4) 7  43.76
6 192 Peter Bogan Escort (1) 3A  44.77
7 120 Mark Carroll Starlet (2) 3B  45.32
8 95 David Cullen Avenger (1) 9  45.77
9 167 Dan Mulcahy Escort (5) 7  46.15
10 200 James Doherty Starlet (1) 2  47.00

2007 Full Result Day 1
2007 Full Result Day 2

2006 Cancelled (Road closure difficulties)

30-31 July 2005 NEWCASTLE WEST (ROUNDS 9 & 10 DUNLOP HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP)
1 Michael B Roche (Delta T81 GM Turbo) 36.72s,
2 Pat Roche (OMS-Hayabusa) 38.41s,
3 Simon McKinley (Escort) 40.98s,
4 Francis Creaven (Pilbeam MP52 Ford) 42.73s,
5 Paul O’Connell (Delta T79 Ford) 43.32s,
6 Padraig Egan (Escort) 43.86s,
7 John Mahon (Sheane-Suzuki) 44.07s,
8 Michael Moloney (Escort-Mazda) 44.43s,
9 Jim O’Reilly (Porsche 911) 45.02s,
10 James Doherty (Starlet) 45.19s.

Class winners:
Ray Cunningham (Mini) 46.86s, James Doherty, Des Fitzgerald (Fiesta) 46.25s, Simon McKinley, Jim O’Reilly, Brendan Keane (Crossle 25F) 46.72s, Mark Dempsey (Sparton-Sunbeam) 46.32s, Pat Roche, Jason Ryan (Civic) 46.41s, Padraig Egan.

SUGAR HILL (DAY 2)
1 Michael B Roche (Delta T81 GM Turbo) 43.40s,
2 Paul O’Connell (Delta T79 Ford) 45.15s,
3 Simon McKinley (Escort) 45.63s,
4 Pat Roche (OMS-Hayabusa) 46.55s,
5 John Mahon (Sheane-Suzuki) 49.70s,
6 Padraig Egan (Escort) 49.94s,
7 Jason Ryan (Civic) 50.53s,
8 Brendan Keane (Crossle 25F) 50.62s,
9 Rory O’Brien (Swift FF2000) 51.04s,
10 Ray Cunningham (Mini) 51.81s.
Class winners:
Ray Cunningham, Declan Cundelan (Escort) 52.48s, Des Fitzgerald (Fiesta) 52.61s, Simon McKinley, Frank Nuttall (Graham Ford) 67.24s, Brendan Keane, Paul O’Connell, John McNamara (OMS-Kawasaki) 52.26s, Jason Ryan, Padraig Egan.

31st July 2004 LIMERICK M C HILLCLIMB AT OLD MILL, NEWCASTLE WEST (DAY 1) (ROUND 9 OF DUNLOP HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP):
1 Pat Roche (OMS-Hayabusa) 37.07s,
2 Michael B Roche (Delta T81 GM) 37.71s,
3 Darryl Ramsay (OMS-Honda) 39.00s,
4 Simon McKinley (Lant RT4) 39.46s,
5 Derek Daly (Van Diemen RF81 FF1600) 42.09s,
6 Peter Dwyer (Delta T85) 42.65s,
7 Michael Melia (Reynard RF82 Opel) 42.83s,
8 Alan Kessie (Gryphon C73) 43.23s,
9 Peter Bogan (Escort) 44.50s,
10 David James (Escort) 44.66s.
Class winners: Gerard O’Connor (Ritmo) 58.13s, James Doherty (Starlet) 46.53s, Peter Bogan, Ger Dwane (Falcon Mini) 47.19s, Frank Nuttall (Graham Ford) 43.61s (net), Brendan Keane (Crossle 25F) 47.13s, Derek Daly, Darryl Ramsay, Michael B Roche, Jason Ryan (Civic) 48.01s, Douglas Richardson (Escort) 44.95s.

1st August 2004 LIMERICK M C HILLCLIMB AT SUGAR HILL, NEWCASTLE WEST (DAY 2) (ROUND 10 OF DUNLOP HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP):
1 Pat Roche (OMS-Hayabusa) 53.40s,
2 Michael B Roche (Delta T81 GM) 53.90s,
3 Simon McKinley (Lant RT4) 54.04s,
4 Darryl Ramsay (OMS-Honda) 54.36s,
5 Ed Synan (Lancer) 59.42s,
6 Peter Dwyer (Delta T85) 60.54s,
7 Derek Daly (Van Diemen RF81 FF1600) 60.64s,
8 Peter Bogan (Escort) 60.90s,
9 David James (Escort) 61.53s,
10 Michael Melia (Reynard RF82 Opel) 63.51s.
Class winners: Gerard O’Connor (Ritmo) 81.26s, James Doherty (Starlet) 65.14s, Peter Bogan, Ger Dwane (Falcon Mini) 66.17s, Orla Cassidy (Midget) 76.33s, Brendan Keane (Crossle 25F) 67.91s, Peter Dwyer, Darryl Ramsay, Michael B Roche, Jason Ryan (Civic) 67.90s, John Danaher (Escort) 64.57s.

14th June 2003 LIMERICK M C HILLCLIMB AT ATHEA (DAY 1) (ROUND 5 OF  DUNLOP HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP):
1  Pat Roche (OMS-Honda) 42.00s,
2  Darryl Ramsay (OMS-Honda) 42.16s,
3  Michael B Roche (Delta T81 GM) 43.04s,
4 Paul O’Connell (Delta T79) 44.76s,
5 John  Mahon (Sheane-Honda) 47.33s,
6  Simon McKinley (Escort) 47.56s,
7  Andrew Herman (Van Diemen) 48.01s,
8  Seamus Morris (Darrian) 48.97s,
9  Peter Dwyer (Delta T85) 50.17s,
10 Eamonn Daly (Escort) 50.64s.
Class winners: Richard Dunphy (Nova) 56.00s, Denis Hogan  Jnr (Avenger) 56.14s, Simon McKinley, Frank Nuttall (Graham Ford) 53.49s (net),  Peter Dwyer, Darryl Ramsay, Michael B Roche, Paul Purtill (Escort) 51.66s, Henry Nash (Escort) 55.92s, Eamonn Daly.

15th June 2003 LIMERICK M C HILLCLIMB AT ATHEA (DAY 2) (ROUND 6 OF  DUNLOP HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP):
1  Pat Roche (OMS-Honda) 41.88s,
2  Darryl Ramsay (OMS-Honda) 47.93s,
3 Brian McMahon  (Sark Starfire FF)48.01s,
4 John  Mahon (Sheane-Honda) 48.31s,
5  Andrew Herman (Van Diemen) 49.01s,
6  Peter Dwyer (Delta T85) 49.53s,
7  Simon McKinley (Escort) 51.05s,
8  Mike O’Connor (Manta) 51.50s,
9  Eamonn Daly (Escort) 51.54s,
10 Dan Mulcahy (Escort Cosworth) 51.57s.
Class winners: Ian Quinn (Mini) 57.08s, Denis Hogan Jnr  (Avenger) 56.31s, Simon McKinley, Orla Cassidy (Anglia) 48.94s (net), Peter  Dwyer, Darryl Ramsay, Paul Purtill (Escort) 51.57s, Frank Sweeney (Escort)  56.39s, Mike O’Connor.

15th June 2002 Kilfinny near the historic Knockfierna.
The 0.9 mile hill was a mixture of quick corners and a very long straight. Rounds 7 and 8 of the 2002 Dunlop Motorsport Ireland Hillclimb Championship

1 Frank Byrnes Reynard SF81 34.64
2 Peter McKinley Lant RT4 35.57
3 Michael "A" Roche 35.78

16th June 2002 Old Mill 1.2 mile
1 Ed Synan Opel Manta 39.97
2 Frank Byrnes Reynard SF81 40.39
3 Michael "A" Roche Reynard 41.53

2001 Hillclimb was amongst many events cancelled due to travel restrictions because of Foot & Mouth disease

2000 Kilfinny
1. K. Cleary (Metro) 34.45S
2. R. Maybin (Delta) 34.53S
3. P. Forde (Reynard) 35.56S
4. M.A.Roche (Spartan) 36.28S
5. M.B.Roche (Jedi) 36.94S

2000 Old Mill
1. R. Maybin (Delta) 69. 66S
2. K. Cleary (Metro) 71.48S
3. M.B. Roche (Jedi) 78.84S
4. E. Synan (Manta) 77.52S
5. O. O'Donovan (F2 Escort) 77.52S

1970 Hillcimb cancelled due to a lack of entries

24 May 1969 at Ballinalacken, Co. Clare Winner Richie Heeley Lotus Dragon
25 May 1969 at Corkscrew Hill, Co. Clare Winner Richie Heeley Lotus Dragon
Report 

1 Sep 1968 Only 11 entries, Corkscrew Hill, Co. Clare
FTD Brian Cullen Lola 52.9
FTD Saloon Johnny Kearney 1098cc Austin Cooper S 57.0 (in upto 1250cc class)
Saloon over 1250cc S Porter Vauxhall Viva GT 66.8
Sports Cars R Conroy Buckler 60.9
Racing Cars R Heeley Lotus Dragon 54.2

3 September 1967 Corkscrew
This event was initially planned for the Healy Pass
1=.Brian Cullen, Crossle 60.8s
1= Richie Heeley (Malahide), Lotus 31 with Shorrock supercharger 60.8s

1966 Healy Pass
There were 36 entries for this shortened Healy Pass climb. 
1 Alec Poole, Wolseley Hornet 1293cc
2 Stephen Griffin, Mini Cooper 1293cc
3 Adrian O'Connell, Aster Special 2.6litre
Read report here

20 June 1965 Corkscrew Hill
The event took place in sunny conditions with 34 entries.
BTD Frank Keane Lotus Alfa Romeo 18 54.3s 
Class winners Donal McEnaney DKW F12 66.2s, Robin Rennicks Mini Cooper S 1304cc 60.0s, R Stafford Austin A40 56.8s, Richie Heeley Lotus Ford 22 60.1s, Dave Huet Sprite 1082cc 64.8s
Brian Cullen was having his first outing in his newly acquired Lotus 20. he was fourth overall in a time of 60.4s
Other competitors, Michael Ivis, Dick Grace, Eddie Regan all Mini Cooper S, Wilfred Woolet Lotus 11 997cc, Peter Hayden Morgan
Read Report here

Peter Hayden in the Morgan Corkscrew 1965 photo by Derek Jolly

Brian Cullen click on image to enlarge

1964 Corkscrew
BTD Dave Poppelwell Lotus 59.8s
2. Mike Ivis Cooper S 64.2s
3. Jack Fildes MG"1275"
4. WJ Reid Lotus Cortina 65.0s
5. Ritchie Heeley MG Midget 66.0s
Some regulars did not make the event including Tommy Reid who had an engine blow up at Kirkistown and Frank Keane who had his Alfa engine in bits. The clutch Stan Ryan's Cooper packed up in practice. 

Comment This winner is not on Adare Cup

1963 Corkscrew
The event had very wet conditions
1. Dan McAllister "blown" Cooper 61.6s
2. Tom Reid 1.5litre Ford/Lotus 62.8s
3. Frank Keane FJ Lotus
Saloons
1. Ronnie Noble Cooper Austin
2. Dick Barrett "blown" Austin
3. John Hayes

1962 Corkscrew
BTD Dan McAllister Cooper Climax 1500cc 56.6s

1961 
BTD DPB McAllister Cooper Climax

7 August 1960
BTD WJ Reid Lotus Climax
B J Flynn took 12 points to take lead in Sexton Trphy championship

9 August 1959 DW Gray was event secretary
BTD Hector Graham 1,250 Cooper Jap 62.2s
Saloons to 1000cc
1 R Redmond 896 DKW 74.4s
2. P O'Flynn 896 DKW 75.8s
3. R Barrett 948 Austin 76.0s
Saloons Over 1000cc
1. CS Porter 1,582 Porsche 71.4s
2. C Carter 1,489 MGA 73.0s
3. MG O'Brien 1,192 VW 75.6s
Sports Cars under 1,500cc
1. H Graham 1,250 Cooper Jap 62.2s
2. JJ Flynn 1,488 Simca Gordini 66.4s
3. WS "Stan" Ryan 497 Cooper Jap 67.6
Sports Cars over 1,500cc
1. W E T "Billy" Bradshaw 1,971 AC Bristol 68.0s
2. DP McAllister 1,991 triumph 71.4s
3. KB Monks 1,991 Triumph
Other competitors of the 30 that started included PS Carter 948 Austin Healy 73.8s, Des Cullen 583 NSU 76.6s, BJ Finn 948 Austin 79.4s
Des Cullen won the overall handicap award.

1958 Corkscrew
BTD Hector Graham Cooper JAP 1098cc 61.4s

1957 Lisdoonvarna
1 Louis Beshoff TR3
2= Vincent Hennessy Austin Special
2= Bill Lacy MG
Also in the results were A Coleman, L Earl, F A Keane, P B Hopkirk,

1956 Corkscrew
BTD W E Bradshaw (Dublin) Jaguar XK120 68.6s
Organised by Brian Geary. Record Entry of 36 cars
Report

1955
1 Len Earl Vangard Special 71.5s
Report on event

August 1952
Redmond Gallagher
Report on event

1951 September 30 Corkscrew
1 Redmond Gallagher 997cc Leprecaun 94s
Report on event

1950 September 23 Corkscrew
1= Alec Macarthur 4 litre V8 Special
1= Redmond Gallagher 1/2 litre JAP
Report on event

1949 Slate Quarries near Killaloe
KP Murray (Sligo) Mercury Murray Special 3917cc
The Adare Cup which first presented in 1948 for the Lahinch Sand races was first used as a hillclimb trophy at this event.
Report

1948 Gallow's Hill Co. Clare Club's first event
1 AE Tilley Riley
2 IC Kemp MG
3 E Scalan Austin

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1 March 2020 Limerick Forestry Rally (FR) Cancelled due to weather conditions

3 March 2019 Treaty Plant Hire Limerick Forest Rally at Rockchapel Event Page

1 Keith Power/Mark O'Sullivan         Mitsubishi Evo 9 20 O/A 16:00.2
2 Michael Carbin/Conor Mohan        Mitsubishi Evo 8 20 O/A 16:01.1 0:00.9 0:00.9
3 Mikey Conlon/Ciaran McPhilips      Ford Escort Mk2 14 O/A 16:10.2 0:10.0 0:09.1
4 David Crossen/Aileen Kelly           Ford Escort Mk2 13 1 16:11.3 0:11.1 0:01.1
5 Peter McCullagh/Calum Maguire   Mitsubishi Evo 9 4 1 16:11.3 0:11.1
6 Patrick O'Brien/Stephen O'Brien   Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 20 1 16:12.9 0:12.7 0:01.6
7 William Creighton/Liam Regan     Peugeot 208 R2 2 1 16:13.8 0:13.6 0:00.9
8 Owen McMackin/Seán Ferris        Ford Escort Mk2 13 2 16:14.4 0:14.2 0:00.6
9 Austin Snow/John Henderson       Mitsubishi Evo 9 4 2 16:19.2 0:19.0 0:04.8
10 Dónall Sweeney/Dean O'Sullivan Mitsubishi Evo 6 20 2 16:20.1 0:19.9 0:00.9

25 March 2018 FOREST RALLY AT SILVERMINES, CO TIPPERARY (ROUND 2 OF VALVOLINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP) Event page
1 Josh Moffett/Stephen Thornton (Fiesta R5) 40m 37s,
2 Barry McKenna/Leon Jordan (Fiesta R5) 40m 51s,
3 Andrew Purcell/Mark Wiley (Fiesta R5) 41m 06s,
4 Cathan McCourt/Brian Hoy (Citroen DS3) 42m 19s,
5 Stephen McCann/Kaine Treanor (Fiesta S2000) 42m 39s,
6 Gerard Lucey/J J Cremin (Lancer Evo 8) 43m 45s,
7 Donall Sweeney/Stephen O’Hanlon (Lancer Evo 6) 43m 49s,
8 David Crossen/Aileen Kelly (Escort) 43m 57s,
9 John Byrnes/James Lowry (Lancer Evo 8) 44m 11s,
10 Shane McGirr/Eamonn Hayes (Starlet) 44m 12s.
Junior 1000 Class: 1 Jason Murphy/Matthew Murphy (Peugeot 107) 55m 10s.

 16 October 2016  LYONS OF LIMERICK FOREST RALLY AT MURROE, CO LIMERICK
ROUND 6 OF VALVOLINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Josh Moffett/Emmet Sherry (Fiesta R5) 45m 20s,
2 Desi Henry/Liam Moynihan (Fabia R5) 46m 23s,
3 Darren McKelvey/Graham Henderson (Lancer Evo 9) 48m 26s,
4 Shane McGirr/Aileen Kelly (Starlet) 48m 31s,
5 Dermot Kelly/Greg Shinnors (Lancer Evo 9) 49m 07s,
6 John Gordon/Thomas Wedlock (Escort) 49m 11s,
7 John Byrnes/Brian Grant (Lancer Evo 8) 50m 16s,
8 David Crossen/Chris McSherry (Escort) 50m 32s,
9 Ian Graham/Liam McIntyre (Lancer Evo 9) 51m 16s,
10 Ed Muldoon/Mark Byrne (Lancer Evo 9) 51m 31s.
Junior Class: 1 Derek Mackarel/Daire Hayes (Nova) 52m 21s,
2 Shane Kenneally/Jer Connors (Escort) 53m 49s,
3 Stephen Dickson/Tommy Hayes (Fiesta R2) 54m 10s.
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10 Feb 2013 WEST LIMERICK FOREST RALLY AT KANTOHER BUSINESS PARK, NEWCASTLE WEST, CO LIMERICK (ROUND 1 VALVOLINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP):

1 Philip Morrow/Jonny Hart (Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 22m 07s2 Michael O’Brien/Greg Shinnors (Focus WRC) 22m 08s,
3 Owen Murphy/James O’Brien (Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 22m 12s,
4 Vincent McAree/J P McAree (Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 22m 20s,
5 Martin Cairns/Barry McNulty (Impreza WRC) 22m 25s,
6 Pat O’Connell/Mark Wiley (Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 22m 37s,
7 Josh Moffett/Jason McKenna (Lancer Evo 9 Gp N) 22m 38s,
8 Enda McNulty/Paul Sheridan (Impreza) 22m 58s,
9 John Reid/Enda Shiels (Corolla WRC) 23m 09s,
10 Liam Regan/Damien Duffin (Peugeot 206) 23m 10s.
Class winners: Joe Shinnors/Derry Healy (Nova), Mike Garahy/Niall Keane (Escort), Paul Fitzgerald/Pierce Doheny Jnr (Escort), Hugh McQuaid/Enda Gerety (Escort), Shane McGirr/Jackie Elliott (Starlet), Stephen McCann/Breen McNamee (Lancer Evo 7), Martin Cairns/Barry McNulty, Vincent McAree/J P McAree, Enda McNulty/Paul Sheridan.

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Limerick Forestry Rally 23rd March, 2008
Results
1 Ray Breen/Craig Breen (Ford Focus WRC) 50m 07s,
2 Keith Cronin/Greg Shinnors (Mit. Lancer Evo 9) GpN 50m 22s,
3 Kenny McKinstry/Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC) 51m 31s,
4 Denis Cronin/Helen O'Sullivan (Subaru Impreza WRC) 52m 43s,
5 John Reid/Enda Shields (Corolla WRC) 53m 11s,
6 Emma McKinstry/Kenny Hull (Subaru Impreza WRC) 54m 11s,
7 Seamus O'Connell/Brian Duggan (Escort Mk II) 54m 17s,
8 Connie Smith/Breen McNamee (Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4) 54m 32s,
9 Jeremy Drislane/Sorcha Kelly (Mit. Lancer Evo 6) 54m 54s,
10 James Coleman/Michael Haley (Escort Mk II) 55m 33s.

Juniors
1 Patrick Cunningham/Martin Cunningham (Civic) 56m 50s,
2 Conor Kelly/Denis Ryan (Corsa) 56m 53s,
3 Damien McCarthy/Eamonn Hayes (Civic) 57m 03s.

Tom White Memorial Forestry Rally 15th April, 2007
Results
1 Kevin Lynch/David Moynihan (Ford Focus WRC) 30m 36s,
2 Stephen Moore/Tony McHugh (Ford Focus WRC) 30m 58s,
3 Brian McGillin/David Doherty (Hyundai Accent WRC) 31m 00s,
4 Kenny McKinstry/Sean Mullally (Subaru Impreza WRC) 31m 16s,
5 Kevin O'Kane/Martin Brady (Subaru Impreza WRC) 31m 32s,
6 Keith Cronin/Anthony O'Conaill (Mit. Lancer Evo 7) GpN 31m 48s,
7 Colin Britton/Arthur Kierans (Mit. Lancer Evo 8) GpN 32m 47s,
8 Frank Kelly/Liam Brennan (Ford Escort 2.0) 33m 09s,
9 Emma McKinstry/Kenny Hull (Subaru Impreza WRC) 33m 23s,
10 Seamus O'Connell/Brian Duggan (Ford Escort BDA) 33m 28s.

Limerick Forestry (Thomond) Rally October 2000 

Winners   Kevin O'Kane / Stephen Griffiths Impreza Grp A

Thomond Forestry Rally 9 January 2000
Round 5 1999/2000 Motorsport Ireland National Forest Rally Championship
Dermot Kelly/Greg Shinnors extended their lead in the National Forestry Championship
1 D McNeil/F Regan (Escort RS Cosworth).....48:47
2 D Kelly/G Shinnors (Escort RS Cosworth)...49:32
3 F Barrett/D Tumilty (Subaru Legacy RS)....50:13
4 N Driver/J Shinnors (Escort RS Cosworth)..50:15
5 J McCarthy/T O'Regan (Sierra RS Cosworth).59:39
6 K Barrett/S Mullaly (Subaru Impreza 555)..53:03

Thomond Forestry Rally 18 Oct 1998
Round 2, RIAC Forestry Championship
1.D. Kelly/G. Shinnors (Escort RS Cosworth)....53.45
2 D. McNeill/M. Carey (Escort RS Cosworth).....54.39
3 N. Driver/J. Shinnors (Escort RS Cosworth)...56.08
4 J. McGaffin/W. Russell (Escort RS Cosworth)..56.31
5 P. McCullagh/P. Barry (Escort RS Cosworth)...56.34

7 March 1982 Forestry Rally held in Newport/Murroe area

8 March 1981
Rally held near Newport
First Overall Ray Benskin Escort 1600 BDA
Class 4 over 1600cc 1 M Dunnion, Sunbeam 2000 2 C Hickey, Escort 2000 3 G Furlong, Escort 2000
Class 3 up to 1600cc 1 G Drew, Avenger 2 Paddy Kennedy, Avenger 3 J D Walsh, Escort
Class 2 up to 1350cc 1 P Gleeson, Avenger 2 J Deane, Escort 3 P Canny, Clonlara, Avenger
Class 1 up to 1050cc 1 J Dowling, Mini 2 B Sparling, Mini 3 P Hayes, Mini
Best Group 1 James Doherty, Adare, Avenger 2000
Best Lady Rose West, Avenger

Spring Forestry Rally 11 March 1979
Event based at Newport co. Tipperary. 35 crews started the five stage event.
1 Austin McHale and Joe McGee Ford Escort RS200 2619
2 Ed Colton and H Lewis Chrysler Sunbeam 2742
3 Ray Benskin abd O Welsh Ford Escort 2764
4 P O'Callaghan and L O'Callaghan Ford Escort 2807
5 J Wren and B Kiely 2817
6 D Yeates and N NíBhriain FIAT 127 Sport 2886
7 D Burton and F Waters Chrysler Avenger 2995
8 G Brown and G Hannon Chrysler Avenger  
9 D O'Sullivan and M Marshall Datsun 3022