St Patrick’s weekend sees the 40h running of the Quality Hotel Clonakilty West Cork Rally.

Over two days the event organised by the Cork Motor Club will take place on 17th & 18th March 2018 with Greg McCarthy as Clerk of the Course for a fourth year.

Headquarters for the popular rally  is the Quality Hotel as usual and for the first time, dure to the cancellation of the Galway International Rally,  the West Cork Rally will be the opening round of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.

The event will also be the first round of the FIA Celtic Trophy and the PlasticBags.ie Southern 4 Rally Championship.

The format for the rally will be eight stages on the Saturday and six stages on the Sunday, with all stages to be run in daylight.

Already the entry list is almost full with a lot of interest in the event and Donagh Kelly who has won the rally an unprecedented four times in a row has signaled his intention to go for a fifth consecutive title. 

Also, the club has confirmed that there has been a lot of enquiries have been received from overseas competitors also and this brings an atmosphere unique to Clonakilty on St. Patrick’s weekend each year.