Hillclimb Results

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

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

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

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

5th 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
25 May 1969 at Corkscrew hill, Co. Clare

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