July 7 2026

The PRM and RPM Loughgall Stages Rally took place on Saturday last.

 Sam Moffett and Pierce O’Callaghan took 2^nd place overall in their Hyundai i20 N Rally2.

The Combilift Rally Team crew finished 4.1 seconds in arrears of the overall winners Jonathan Greer/Niall Burns.

 Conor Boylan navigated John Gordan to 16^th overall and 3^rd in class 6. Conor can be heard shouting on the in-car camera at John to ‘don’t come out of er’ during a slippery section under the trees in the Loughgall Country Park.

Conor was in a hurry to be home in time to get covered in grass while driving a cab-less Massey Ferguson 135 pulling a shopping trolly during a silage harvesting demonstration at the vintage show.

Pub landlord Adam Langan was once again working with porter while not behind the bar. He navigated David Porter to 23^rd overall in their Ford Fiesta R5.

The Kerry Summer Mini Stages Rally took place around Castleisland in Co. Kerry on Sunday last.

 Johno Doogan and Paul Lennon who were seeded car 1 on the road finished in 3^rd place overall and Ryan Farrell navigated Stephen Faughnan to 5^th place and 2^nd in class 14. Paul Kelly guided Paul Purtill to 8^th overall and 1^st in class 13.

The European Rally Championship continued with Rally di Roma Capitale 2026 last weekend. After the eleven special-stages spread over three days,

Killian McArdle guided Casey Jay Coleman to 4^th in the RC3 class and 3^rd overall in the Fiesta Rally3 Trophy.

  Paul McPhillips on the notes for Cian Caldwell finished 7^th in the RC3 class and took 5^th in the Fiesta Rally3 Trophy.

Regulations and entry are available for the rescheduled Four Seasons Hotel Ronnie Hawe Monaghan Stages Rally 2026. The rescheduled event will take place on Sunday August 2nd. With the event now only three weeks away, the folk organising this enormous event in the motorsport calendar are flat out behind the scenes. 

Oisín Sherlock