GREAT MOTOR TOUR OF CLARE 1901–2011

Ranleth

Sunday, 28 August 2011

In aid of Dementia Unit Clarecastle Day Care Centre
Starting at St. Flannan’s College, Ennis
Check in 10:30
Start 12:00

Contact: Peadar White 086-8140020

Vintage cars will gather in Ennis on August 28 for a motor tour recalling the Great Motor Tour of Ireland, which passed through Clare in 1901. Cars will park at St Flannan’s College before going up the Turnpike and down Carmody Street. The vehicles will then travel along the Lahinch Road back onto the Clare Road before heading into Shannon, continuing onto Sixmilebridge, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Clarecastle and back up the Clare Road before going back to the Turnpike.

Peadar expects at least 50 cars to take part but there could be many more.
“We usually get around 50 to 70 cars taking part in events like this. But it’s like going for a game of golf, two could take off and 50 could finish. We’re looking for as many people as possible with vintage classic cars to come along on the day and take part in this motor tour, acknowledging the Great Motor Tour of Ireland, an historic occasion in Irish motoring history. There should be all kinds of cars there on the day, all vintage with lots of different makes and models so it should be quite a spectacle for anyone who wants to see the cars. It’s amazing, people of all ages love to see vintage cars so it should be a great day.”

http://www.clarechampion.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7297:reliving-historic-motor-tour&catid=55:ennis&Itemid=56

edelni

Sounds good. I'll be there!

Ranleth

Great, by the way there is no charge for any vintage cars attending. There will just be some fund raising on the day.

colm_mcm

That sounds class, will definitely have a look at that if I can sneak away from the festival in Newmarket on Fergus that day