Irish Festival of Speed

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Anyone heading along to this?We're always complaining there's nothing on :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFbW_-5_sbQ

http://www.irishfestivalofspeed.com/

eclectichoney

The weather looks to be picking up these days too (famous last words!) That's the bank holiday weekend iirc? I reckon it'll bring at least €10m into the county...

L.T.P.

Yup, will def be going, pity its not on somewhere in the city though.

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eclectichoney wrote: »

That's the bank holiday weekend iirc?

yup

L.T.P. wrote: »

Yup, will def be going, pity its not on somewhere in the city though.

nowhere really in the city to hold this to be honest,well suited for Adare

jonski

Is it going to be just in Adare or will the "Round the Houses" display happen like last year ?

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jonski wrote: »

Is it going to be just in Adare or will the "Round the Houses" display happen like last year ?

Dunno fella,I'm not involved with it

Poxyshamrock

eclectichoney wrote: »

I reckon it'll bring at least €10m into the county...

HAHAHAHA good one! :pac:

Haven't heard that joke before :P

mgbgt1978

jonski wrote: »

Is it going to be just in Adare or will the "Round the Houses" display happen like last year ?

Two different events organised by different groups.

seachto7

eclectichoney wrote: »

I reckon it'll bring at least €10m into the county...

and 500,000 visitors

eljono

Roll on Sunday!

Simon Adebisi

Heading to this on saturday. Hopefully won't be too much of a shamfest.

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Simon Adebisi wrote: »

Heading to this on saturday. Hopefully won't be too much of a shamfest.

Don't think it will be tbh

eljono

Simon Adebisi wrote: »

Heading to this on saturday. Hopefully won't be too much of a shamfest.

Do you know that Sunday is the day of the festival?

savagecabbages

Possibly not great planning having it the same weekend as the Irish open in Kilarney only an hour away, and the Lurgan Park Rally is on near Belfast, which usually draws 20k+ spectators (more or less every rally/motorsport fan in the country).

I wish it all the best, will head over myself during the weekend as Lurgan is too much of a trip with work constraints etc. I just question the logic of having the festival on during other big everts, and not having it tied in with the Limerick Grand Prix in a months time...

airnwater

May be of interest..

The video at the start of this thread contains quite a bit of footage taken at an event organised in 2010 by a couple of hard working volunteers from the Limerick Classic & Vintage Car Club.(LCVCC)
It's a pity that no credit is given....
It commemorated the 75th anniversary of the 1935 Limerick Grand Prix "round the houses race" & it was great to see so many period sports cars including some that took part in the original races, doing laps of the actual 1930's street circuit.

The LCVCC will be commemorating the 75th anniversary of the 1936 Grand Prix on Sept 4th 2011 , see www.limerickgrandprix.com