Connacht Sligo Stages Rally - 20 Jul 25

Seeded Entry List

Posted: July 11, 2025 11:54 AM

1 Eddie Doherty/Tom Murphy (Skoda Fabia R5) [5]
2 Sam Moffett/Shane Buckley (Hyundai i20 N Rally 2) [5]
3 Josh Moffett/Keith Moriarty (Hyundai i20 R5) [5]
4 Desi Henry/Dean Osullivan (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
5 Declan Boyle/Patrick Walsh (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2) [5]
6 Michael Boyle/Dermot McCafferty (Skoda Fabia RS Rally2) [5]
7 Kevin Eves/Chris Melly (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
8 Darren Gass/Neil Shanks (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
9 Paul Barrett/Darragh Kelly (Citroen C3 Rally2) [5]
10 Jason Dickson/Martin Brady (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
11 Gary Kiernan/John McCabe (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [7]
12 Aidan Wray/Paddy McCrudden (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
14 Matthew Boyle/Gary Byrne (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
15 Barry Morris/Dylan Doonan (Darrian T90 GTR) [14]
16 Aaron McIntyre/Derry Long (Toyota Starlet RWD) [14]
17 Chris Armstrong/Darren Curran (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
18 Daniel Breslin/Damian Doherty (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
19 Tom Jnr Holton/Stephen Joyce (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
20 Stephen Greaney/Jonathan Folan (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
21 Tadhg O'Sullivan/Keith McCarthy (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
22 Tim Flood/Anthony Smith (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
23 Mike Quinn/Kieran Doherty (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
24 Ben McIntyre/Anthony McDonald (Toyota Starlet RWD) [13]
25 Brian Brady/Declan Farren (Honda Civic) [13]
26 Barry McLaughlin/Barry McBride (Ford Escort Mk1) [13]
27 Paul Purtill/Paul Kelly (Ford Escort) [13]
28 Niall Henry/Peter Ward (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
29 Tim McNulty/Diarmuid Falvey (VW Polo GTI R5) [5]
30 Niall Maguire/Molly Maguire (Subaru Impreza WRC S12B) [7]
31 Conor Moore/Richard Cleary (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
32 Dave Slattery/Denis Coffey (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
33 Raymond Conlon/Gavin Doherty (Toyota Corolla RWD) [13]
34 Stephen Faughnan/Ryan Farrell (Ford Escort) [13]
35 Billy (william) Nolan/Mick Coady (Toyota Corolla GT) [13]
36 Cian Caldwell/Paul McPhillips (Peugeot 208 Rally4) [2]
37 Oran England/Darragh Mullen (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
38 Tommy Moffett/Domhnall Lennon (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
39 Tomas O'Rourke/Tomas Scallan (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10) [20]
40 PJ McDermott/Patrick Brides (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
41 Chris Ford/Neil Colman (Citroen C3 Rally2) [5]
42 Conor Watters/Darragh O'Donnell (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
43 James McCarville/Arthur Kierans (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
44 Mickey Conlon/Adam Langan (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
45 James Cassidy/Gerard McKenna (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
46 Vincent Collins/Darragh Kelly (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
47 Kevin Quinn/Dale McGettigan (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
48 Trevor Bustard/Kenny Bustard (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [20]
49 Dylan Donoghue/Ayrton Sherlock (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
50 Morgan Dempsey/Tommy Hayes (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8) [20]
51 Declan Gannon/Ivan Gannon (Ford Fiesta R5) [5]
52 David Healy/Martin Byrne (Honda Civic) [11F]
53 Paul Carron/Tony McGovern (Toyota Corolla) [11R]
54 Jack Brunton/ TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
55 Martin McPhillips/Peter Farrell (Toyota Corolla) [11R]
56 Paul Crosby/Eoin Lennon (Toyota Starlet RWD) [11R]
57 Colin Flanagan/Kevin Reilly (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10) [20]
58 Pat Kelly/Jonathan Kelly (Ford Fiesta) [20]
59 Brian Bolger/James McEneaney (Ford Fiesta Rally2) [5]
60 Michael McCollum/Sean Mitchell (Ford Fiesta R5) []
61 Anthony O'Brien/Aidan Gannon (Peugeot 208) [20]
62 Mervyn Deane/Trevor Burke (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
63 Damien Cullen/Danny Cannon (Honda Civic) [11F]
64 Jack Maguire/Keith McConnon (Honda Civic) [11F]
65 Des Lyons/Ashling McArdle (Honda Civic) [11F]
66 Patrick Bradley/Kieran Burke (Honda Civic) [11F]
70 John O'Rourke/Derek Lynch (Opel Corsa Rally4) [2]
71 Mossie Costello/Shane Maguire (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
72 Michael Martin Fitzgibbon/Carrie Ryan (Peugeot 208 Rally4) [2]
73 Robert Cronin/Paddy Heffernan (Opel Corsa Rally4) [2]
74 Gillespie Pauric/Hughes Gerry (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
75 Patsy McDonagh/Leigh Cavangh (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
76 Damian Campbell/Declan McGarrity (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
77 Andrew Gillespie/Conal McNulty (Ford Escort) [13]
78 Seimi Browne/Ciaran Harkin (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
79 Connor O'Brien/Niall Burns (Ford Fiesta) [20]
80 David Leonard/Coel Leonard (Ford Fiesta Rally3) [4]
81 Sean Gallagher/Claire Gallagher (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
82 Oran Nulty/Hugh O'Donnell (Citroen C2R2 Max) [2A]
83 Damian O'Reilly/Damien McCabe (Ford Escort) [11R]
84 Darrel Quinn/Devlin Sean (Ford Escort) [12]
85 Dean Murphy/David Murphy (Peugeot 208 Rally4) [2]
86 Aidan Kilkenny/Francis Rafferty (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
87 Keith Ewing/Stefan Comerford (Honda Civic) [11F]
88 Alan Lawson/Sean Harte (Honda Civic) [11F]
89 Ferlin Taylor/Shane Barry (Peugeot 205 RWD) [13]
90 John McGettrick/ TBA (Ford Escort) [13]
91 Alan Quinn/Gary Quinn (Opel Manta 400) [13]
92 David Quinn/Leigh Currid (BMW M3) [14]
93 Alan Sweeney/ TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
94 Colin Mullins/Ayrton Sherlock (Honda Civic) [11F]
95 Colm McFall/Margo Christie (Honda Civic) [11F]
96 Bobby Cooper/Sean Hayde (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9) [4]
97 Ronan Clohessy/Michael Hamilton (Honda Civic) [11F]
98 Lee Breslin/Liam Kenny (Peugeot 205 RWD) [13]
99 David Doherty/Ashley Trimble (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6) [20]
100 Stephen Murphy/ TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [14]
101 Daniel Conaghan/Terence Magee (Ford Escort Mk2) [13]
102 Colin Currid/Gallagher Paul (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
103 Damien Connell/Gary McWalter (Honda Civic) [11F]
104 Jamie Boyle/Conor Carr (Honda Civic) [11F]
105 Roy Baldrick/Dermot Friel (Talbot Sunbeam) [13]
106 Jason Currid/John Conway (Subaru Impreza) [15]
113 Eoin Cullinane/Johnathan Herwood (Honda Civic) [11F]
114 Darren McGuinness/ TBA (Subaru Impreza) [15]
115 Danny O'Donnell/Cathair Hughes (Ford Escort) [12]
116 Brian O'Donnell/Orlaith Mullaney (Mazda MX5) [13]
117 David Hunt/Gillian Gilmartin (Peugeot 208 R2) [2A]
118 Ruairi McGarrity/Martin McGarrity (Citroen DS3 R3) [3]
119 Declan Campbell/Kevin Creighan (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
120 Barney Greenan/Damien Cahill (Ford Escort) [11R]
121 Paul McLoughlin/Liam Nelis (Talbot Sunbeam) [10]
122 Paul Cullen/Brian Rowan (Opel Corsa) [10]
123 Ronan Greene/Gerard Greene (Vauxhall Nova) [9]
124 Art McCarrick/John McCay (Honda Civic) [11F]
125 Nigel Brennan/Paddy McCague (Honda Civic) [13]
126 Declan Hagan/Shane Hagan (Ford Escort Mk2) [10]
127 Gary Cooney/Conal Doherty (Ford Fiesta) [10]
128 Brian McGarraghy/Mark McGarraghy (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
129 Christopher Rose/Jason Murphy (Honda Civic) [1]
130 Simon Love/Ivan Hernon (Honda Civic) [1]
131 Rory Carroll/Katelyn Carroll (Ford Escort) [12]
132 Patrick Herity/John McCarthy (Toyota Corolla) [11R]
133 Ryan Sweeney/ TBA (Ford Escort) [11R]
134 Niall McGaughran/ TBA (Ford Fiesta Rally4) [2]
135 Gerry Reilly/Jamie Quinn (Honda Civic) [11F]
136 Gerard Tuite/Gerard Brian (Ford Escort) [13]
137 Joe Devlin/Mcgurren Conor (Honda Civic) [11F]
138 Brendan Burke/Daniel Fahey (Honda Civic) [11F]
139 Noel Lappin/ TBA (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
140 Seamus Kelly/Pauric McGinley (Ford Escort Mk2) [11R]
141 Gerard O'Connell/Ian Gallagher (Ford Escort Mk2) [12]
142 Gerard Sharkey/ TBA (Renault Clio RS) [3]
143 Pakie Duffy/Evin Hughes (Honda Civic) [3]
144 Jason Mooney/ TBA (Ford Puma) [9]
145 Daniel Ferry/James McGlinchey (Honda Civic) [11F]
146 Karl Fallis/Niall McCarron (Honda Civic) [11F]
148 Danny Brady/Darren O'Brien (Ford Fiesta R2T) [2A]
149 Paul McConnell/Sean Connolly (Honda Civic) [11F]
150 Pat McGuinness/Kathleen Kennedy (Honda Civic) [3]
151 Gerry McIntyre/Paul Clarke (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4) [20]
152 Andy Heekin/David McSorley (Subaru Impreza N9) [15]
153 Eamon Fallon/Andrew Browne (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10) [20]
154 Padraic Cawley/Jamie Lally (Citroen C2) [11F]
155 Kept Free in memory of Gene McDonald and Daire Maguire 156 Eugene Buckley/Aaron Williams (Toyota Starlet) [9]
157 John McLoughlin/Niall Gaughan (Vauxhall Nova GSI) [10]
158 Gabriel Farry/Niamh Pickens (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [11R]
159 Thomas Carolan/Declan Smith (Ford Escort) [11R]
160 Conor Gallagher/ TBA (Honda Civic) [11F]
161 Peter Farrell/Eoghán Farrell (Toyota Corolla Twincam) [10]
162 Miceal Currid/Shea Kelly (Honda Civic) [1]
163 Jack Carty/Declan Boyle (Vauxhall Nova) [10]
164 Zach Gilligan/Jason Gilligan (Citroen C2) [11F]
165 Martin Cawley/Kenneth Langan (Peugeot 205) [10]
166 Charlie Brunton/Sean Brunton (Toyota Starlet R5) [11R]

Juniors
67 Ronan Dorrian/Mickey Joe Browne (Honda Civic) [16]
68 Jason Wilkinson/Ciaran McGinley (Honda Civic) [16]
69 Aaron Reid/Caolan Reid (Honda Civic) [16]
107 Jason Gorham/Liam Egan (Honda Civic) [16]
108 Shane McHugh/Brian Donnelly (Honda Civic) [16]
109 Harry Dorrian/Davin Watson (Honda Civic) [16]
110 Darragh Mullins/Cathal Mullins (Honda Civic) [16]
111 Kyle McHugh/Patrick McHugh (Honda Civic) [16]
112 Ronan Lacey/DJ Howard (Honda Civic) [16]
147 Calvin Scott/Jake Mahony (Honda Civic) [16]
167 Ben Doherty/Jason Tease (Honda Civic) [16]

Dacia Sandero Challenge
401 Oscar Mangan/Elva Roe (Dacia Sandero) [23]
402 Cillian Doherty/Tommy Cuddihy (Dacia Sandero) [23]
403 Caolan Doyle/Cormac Doyle (Dacia Sandero) [23]
404 Liam Doherty/Leah Doherty (Dacia Sandero) [23]
405 Evan Stapleton/Eddie Byrne (Dacia Sandero) [23]
406 Anthony O'Halloran/ TBA (Dacia Sandero) [23]
407 Denis Ferry/Matthew Ferry (Dacia Sandero) [23]
408 Sean Lyons/Jack Devine (Dacia Sandero) [23]

Sligo Rally Top Ten Revealed at Launch / Photos

Posted: July 6, 2025 2:06 AM

The top ten entries for the upcoming Faac Simply Automatic / Sligo Park Hotel Stages Rally were revealed at the official launch event in Sligo Park Hotel on July 1.
The launch, which took place just weeks before the July 20 rally, brought together organisers, sponsors, press, and local officials ahead of round five of the Triton Showers Motorsport Ireland National Rally Championship.
Clerk of the Course, Ultan McGowan, and his Deputy, Kevin Cogan, presented the event format and introduced their team.
The top ten seeded drivers were announced at the launch.

The list included Eddie Doherty at number one, followed by Sam Moffett, Josh Moffett, Desi Henry, Declan Boyle, Michael Boyle, Kevin Eves, Darren Gass, Daniel Cronin, and Paul Barrett.

A special guest at the launch was current WRC Works team navigator Arron Johnston, who attended between his commitments for the Acropolis Rally Greece and Rally Estonia.

Johnston, co-driving for Takamoto Katsuta with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, had already achieved four top-five finishes and a podium this year.

The Tyrone native, who began his rallying career at a young age, previously partnered with Oliver Solberg in the ERC Championship before joining his current Japanese teammate in 2021.

Official Rally Launch on Tuesday July 1st

Posted: July 1, 2025 4:39 AM

With just under month to go until the July 20th Faac Simply Automatic / Sligo Park Hotel – Stages Rally 2025, the full reveal takes place at the Official Launch on July 1st at 7pm in Sligo Park Hotel.
It is an opportunity to bring together the organiser’s, sponsors and the members of the press and local bodies in relaxed social environment in advance of the upcoming weeks of activities. On the night, Clerk of the Course, Ultan Mc Gowan ably assisted by his Deputy Kevin Cogan who both have committed a phenomenal amount of personal time over the past six months, will reveal the format of the event and introduce the extensive wider team who support the two main men in organising the event. At the outset a photoshoot on the grounds of Sligo Park Hotel will include the now well recognised FAAC yellow Mk2 rally car under the event arch in the company of the wider event supporters.

This year’s Launch will feature a very special motorsport guest of honour, that of current WRC Works team navigator Arron Johnston taking time out from his busy calendar between Acropolis Rally Greece and Rally Estonia to join us in Sligo Park Hotel. Arron partnering with driver Takamoto Katsuta as part of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT having clocked up four top five finishes including a podium in Sweden this year to date. The Tyrone man steeped in motorsport from a young age got his first big break in 2019 when he teamed up with Oliver Solberg to contest the ERC Championship and in the same year the duo got their first taste of WRC in Rally Wales GB. Mid-season 2021 he moved to navigate his current Japanese teammate and with the Yaris the duo have been tinkering on the edge of an overall win with this season looking very promising.

A sneak preview of the field of entries will likely be available as the closing date of June 27th will have surpassed and the onerous task of seeding the field of entrants will be taking place in the days following.

Further details on Sligo Rally are available at connachtmotorclub.com on the Sportity App. - SSR25 and on all social media channels.

Press Release 1

Posted: July 1, 2025 4:38 AM

A substantial level of preparation has already taken place for the FAAC Simply Automatic / Sligo Park Hotel Stages Rally 2025 which this year takes place on the slightly later date of Sunday July 20th. Clerk of the Course for this year’s event, Ultan Mc Gowan has selected a loop of classic stages which have not been used for a number of years but historically have been both appealing and challenging to the competitor. The three-by-three stage loop will see much of the activities on the Sunday centred around the intersection of the N4 and the N17 at Collooney. Ultan as a competitor himself is very conscious of providing a competitor focused event so he will be putting every effort streamline the interaction with the organization of the event.

The organising committee are delighted to again have the support from Faac Simply Automatic and Sligo Park Hotel as title sponsors who have been loyal to the club for many years.

Faac Ireland, market leaders in automation and access control products including automatic gates, automatic doors, barriers, bollards, and access control products, with a distribution outlet in Boyle Co Roscommon and a state of art manufacturing facility in Citywest, Dublin.

The four-star Sligo Park Hotel, Number 1 Sligo Hotel on Tripadvisor, features 136 luxury bedrooms, inclusive of the new, recently launched Executive Rooms with breathtaking views of Benbulben mountains or garden views, while surrounded by fresh, contemporary décor designed to soothe and inspire.

As is the trend with all National Rallies to date, high level of entries is expected therefore the entry criteria regarding valid entries and withdrawals will be strictly enforced in fairness to both fellow competitors and the organisers.

The event is a counting round of the Triton Showers National, the Sligo Pallets Border, and the Top Part West Coast Championships. It’s also a round of the Dacia Sandero Challenge Cup, a production class designed to give new entrants into the sport and existing competitors an affordable and practical way to participate in the National Championship.

Full details will be available at connachtmotorclub.com, on the Sportity App. - SSR25 and on all social media channels. Regulations will be published on June 1stand Open on June 9th.

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