THE 2024 Assess Ireland International Rally of the Lakes will take place over the May Bank Holiday weekend from May 3 to 5.

A capacity entry is anticipated for the fourth round of the 2024 Samdec Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.

The rally is also a counting round of the new-for-2024 Stellantis Cup for Peugeot and Opel Rally4 cars, the Southern Four regional rally championship and the Kingdom of Kerry county rally championship ensuring a stellar entry across all categories.

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The Rally of Lakes is expected to generate over 5,000 bed nights for Killarney and surrounding areas which is estimated to generate more than €5m of revenue for the local economy.

Clerk of the Course, Cormac Casey, said “Event planning is at an advanced stage. We are holding regular meetings and the event is coming together nicely, We hope to open entries as soon as regulations have been approved.”

The rally will return to the famous stages on the Beara Peninsula on Saturday including such loved roads as Ardgroom, Cod’s Head and the Tim Healy Pass.

Saturday’s loop, close to Killarney, will be run over many familiar East Kerry roads with some new twists and additional mileage thrown in for good measure.

The rally will get underway with scrutineering of cars at 1.00 pm on Friday, May 3. This will be followed by a Ceremonial Start in Killarney town centre from around 7 pm that evening.

Both will be ideal opportunities to see the rally cars and drivers before the start of the competition. The headquarters for the event is the Gleneagle Hotel on Muckross Road.

Admission to all events will be free over the weekend. Official Rally Programmes will be available  at least ten days  before the event.

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