Boyle World Rally Festival 2009

The World Rally Festival will once again be returning to the North west of Ireland in 2009. The dates of the Festival will be Friday 30th January to Sunday 1st February 2009. Information on what the Boyle Rally Festival will be offering will be available shortly - But it will be bigger and better than last time....

Boyle World Rally Festival November 2007
This is an idea of what Boyle Rally Festival had available for 16th Nov 07:
Dougie Hughes 'the voice of Irish rallying' will be MC for the night at the main location at Shop Street Public Car Park which will host the Citroen C4 and Xsara World Rally Championship winning cars alongside the Team Ireland A1GP Car -an opportunity to get up close to Team Ireland's Grand Prix Car from the World Cup of Motorsport A1GP.
Large Micro-Cam screen with events of the days stages, childrens videos, footage of main Rallies Micro-Cam state of the art Large Outdoor Screen featuring RTE footage from the day's stages, a special tribute to the late great Colin McRae, clips from the best of Irish rallying and entertainment for children.; Rally Simulators to take you on the thrill of a rally driving experience with top drivers including Eugene Donnelly, Kris Meeke and Colin McRae; and a complete range of Rally Ireland, top manufacturers and top Irish rally teams merchandise from Orchard Motorsport.
Rally car rally including vintage cars a large selection of specialised Rally cars that are not normally on public display and a large cross section of wonderful Vintage cars, including Red Bull World War 2 truck with lots of freebees...And a group B 205.
Large light display, a firework display without the fireworks!! A unique light display will take place from The Pleasure Grounds up onto the wall of King House.
Specialised hot food stalls a large selection of hot foods made freshly, such as roasted pig on a spit, french crepes, wraps, home-made soups, home-made specialised sausages & burgers and lots, lots more.
Christmas Market out-side craft market, with something for everyone.
Live On-Street Music warm up to live beats on the street.
Rally Merchandise a large selection of Rally jackets, hats, scarves, gloves and anything that the Rally Buff will need.
Live Entertainment and plenty for all ages - Boyle Town will be open for business that evening as retail outlets offer late night shopping and the town's main tourist attractions King House and Lough Key Forest Park (including the Boda Borg Challenge) stay open until 9pm. A Pub Music Trail will open at 8pm with live music on the balcony of the Royal Hotel - for the first time in the history of the hotel. Other live music venues include Creighton's, The Patrick's Well, Wynne's Bar, Daly's, An Craoibhin, The Moylurg Inn and a disco in The Moving Stairs, all starting at times between 8pm and 10pm as listed in the programme of events. Boyle World Rally Festival coincides with Boyle Musical Society's presentation of West Side Story - nightly from Wednesday 14th to Sunday 18th November (booking is recommended with Boyle Musical Society).
Location of Boyle town is just off the N4 Dublin to Sligo Road.
ONLY 30 minutes from Sligo.
40 minutes from Knock Airport.
2 hours and 15 minutes from Dublin.