Overall winners Noel O’Sullivan and Callum Devine with the Assess Ireland team
David Slattery and Denis Coffey, receipients of the Spirit of the Rally award, with Cormac Casey, clerk of the course (second from left) and Thomas Randles, Killarney and District Motor Club Chairman, (right)
Sean Hayde (TROA), Conor Deasy (Assess Ireland CEO), David Moynihan (overall second place), Cormac Casey (clerk of the course) and Patrick O’Donoghue (Gleneagle Hotel)
Killarney crew Colin O’Donoghue and Kieran O’Donoghue, winners of the modified category with, from left, Sheila O’Donoghue and Leanne O’Sullivan, Jennifer Hickey and Charlie Hickey, Kevin and Aoife O’Donoghue
Patrick O’Donoghue Gleneagle Hotel, presents the Maurice O’Donoghue Memorial Cup to Historic category winners Alan Ring and Adrian Deasy. On right is Anthony O’Connor Killarney and District Motor Club
Faela Horgan presents the Gerard Horgan Memorial Cup to Kyle McDaid and Ronan Dorian. Also included are club officials Damien Price and Amanda Fisher
Killarney and District Motor Club officers Liam Cronin and Damien Price with local driver Tadgh O’Sullivan (centre)
Killarney and District Motor Club officers Liam Cronin (left) and Damien Price, (right) with Boston based Kilcummin man Damien Doolan and his father Johnny Doolan
Killarney and District Motor Club officers Diarmuid Lynch (left) and chairman Thomas Randles (right) with local crew Danny Murphy and Paudie O’Callaghan
Assess Ireland CEO Conor Deasy and his team
With Killarney co-driver Noel O’Sullivan on the notes, Derry’s Callum Devine made it three Rally of the Lakes titles in a row at the weekend in their VW Polo GTi R5
Killarney crew Colin O’Donoghue and Kieran O’Donoghue, winners of the modified category and the John Mullane Memorial Cup for highest placed Kerry crew plus the Johnny Hickey Memorial trophy for best placed co-driver, pictured with Anthony O’Connor, Jennifer Hickey and Charlie Hickey at the Assess Ireland International Rally of the Lakes 2024 prizegiving ceremony at The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney on Sunday night. Pictures: Eamonn Keogh
They managed to hold off a very strong challenge from runner-up Welsh driver Matt Edwards and co-driver David Moynihan Ford Fiesta Rally2 to win by 7.9 seconds. Eddie Doherty and Tom Murphy in a Skoda Fabia R5 were third while Irish Tarmac Championship leader Keith Cronin and Killarney co-driver Mikie Galvin were next up in a Ford Fiesta Rally2 having led earlier but they lost two minutes with a puncture.
Dermot Healy Deputy Clerk of the Course, makes a special presentation to rally debutante and Killarney and District Motor Club member Louise Bourke
Killarney’s Colin O’Donoghue and co-driver Kieran O’Donoghue won the Modified section in their Ford Escort and they also brought home the John Mullane memorial cup for being the best Kerry crew and the trophy to honour the late great Rally of the Lakes PRO Johnny Hickey which is presented to the best placed Kerry driver.
Alan Ring, also Killarney based, and Adrian Deasy won the Historic category in a BMW M3 and they were presented with the Maurice O’Donoghue memorial cup.
Noel O’Sullivan Snr, who competed in his 40th Rally of the Lakes, and his son Noel O’Sullivan Jnr, the overall winning co-driver
Assess Ireland Rally of the Lakes Top 10:
C Devine/N O’Sullivan (VW Polo GTi R5); 2. M Edwards/D Moynihan (Ford Fiesta Rally2; 3. E Doherty/T Murphy (Skoda Fabia Rally2); 4. K Cronin/M.Galvin (Ford Fiesta Rally2); 5. J Greer/N Burns (Citroen C3 Rally2; 6. D Kelly/D O’Sullivan (VW Polo GTi R5); 7.E. O’Brien/J Butler (VW Polo GTi R5); 8 D Boyle/P Walsh (Citroen C3 Rally2); 9. J Ford/N Shanks (Citroen C3 Rally2); 10. D Guest/J McGrath (Ford Fiesta Rally2).KillarneyToday.com:Average monthly views 171,055 – Nobody can match out reach. To advertise call 087-2229761
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