Rally Ireland

The Rally Ireland was held for the first time as part of the World Rally Championship with a special classification run in Belfast on November 15, 2007 , after the two test events in 2005 and 2006 were positively assessed by the FIA . The route largely ran through the northwest and north of the Emerald Isle . The special stages were held both in the Republic of Ireland (e.g. special stages of the earlier Donegal Rally) and in Northern Ireland . The rally headquarters were, as expected, in the city of Sligo .

The driving was mostly on very undulating asphalt, which caused treacherous road conditions due to the usual damp Irish weather. As a result, the rally was characterized by a relatively high default rate.

Overall winner

year	rally	driver	Co-driver	automobile
2005 1	1st Rally Ireland 2005	Matthew Wilson	Michael Orr	Ford Escort RS WRC 2004
2006 1	2nd Rally Ireland 2006	Eugene Donnelly	Paul Kiely	Toyota Corolla WRC
2007	3rd Rally Ireland 2007	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC
2008	not carried out
2009	4th Rally Ireland 2009	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC

¹ no World Cup status

Web links

• Official website
• Results on eWRC-results.com