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13/08/2023

Beautiful days on Bantry Bay!

06/04/2023

Savoury Galettes with Cheesy Bechamel, chargrilled courgettes and purple sprouting broccoli

06/04/2023

06/04/2023

28/03/2023

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28/03/2023

Bantry House & Garden is the spectacular stately home of the Earls of Bantry and their descendants, the White Family. The estate, which overlooks Bantry Bay and is open from April to October, contains a tearoom and a bed & breakfast. Plan your trip to Bantry this summer and explore what it has to offer!

📷 photo credit: Brian Morrison/Fáilte Ireland

09/03/2023

Beautiful & ! Can’t wait for the summer! Book your stay with us and walk out your door, straight on to The Sheeps Head Way!

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09/03/2023

The beginning of March means that the Bantry Goes Green Festival on 17-19 March is not far away! This year St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday so it's the perfect weekend to visit Bantry! The St. Patrick's Day parade will start at 12pm on Fri. 17th Mar. with Irish dancing, face painting, music and plenty more fun for all the family! Celebrate with us in Bantry 💚🤍🧡

09/03/2023

09/03/2023

Yesterday evening the sky was definitely showing a change of weather on the way

09/03/2023

Maxim Rysanov, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Dóra Kokas

09/03/2023

09/03/2023

Who’s coming with…..

Now there's an idea 😂😂💡🎂🍰

09/03/2023

Changemakers, policy changers, rule breakers: meet the women who are making it their business to create a world that embraces equity

08/03/2023

No filters needed at Chestnut!

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08/03/2023

Keith Cronin Rallying
Press Release
06 March, 2023
(Immediate Release)

CRONIN RETURNS IN DRIVE FOR FIVE

Saturday’s Malcolm Wilson Rally in Cumbria’s Lake District marks the start of the 2023 British Rally Championship season, the first of seven rounds in the series which will take place across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Belgium between now and October. The field on Saturday will include West Cork driver, Keith Cronin, who returns to the BRC this year with the ambition of securing a record-equalling fifth title. Cronin will once again partner with his long-time co-driver, Killarney’s Mikie Galvin, and they will be in the same Volkswagen Polo GTi which took them to second place in the standings in 2022.

The Malcolm Wilson Rally is named after, and backed by, the supremo of M-Sport Ltd., which operates the Ford World Rally Team, and the rally Start will be at the company’s base at Dovenby Hall, near Cockermouth. Indeed, M-Sport drivers are the top two seeds for the event, with Frenchman, Adrien Fourmaux, carrying No. 1 and leading the field away in a Ford Fiesta Rally 2. Fourmaux has registered for the BRC, and will be the first works pilot to challenge for championship points in many years. The Malcolm Wilson Rally will also feature Greek-Belgian driver, Jourdan Serderidis, in the Rally 1 Ford Puma he campaigns on various round of the World Rally Championship, running at number 2. It is likely to be the only competitive outing of a Rally 1 car on UK soil this year, and its presence is likely to significantly boost spectator numbers. The Puma is not eligible for the British Championship, so Serderidis will be driving for event overall honours only.

Cronin’s entry for the Malcolm Wilson Rally was submitted at the eleventh hour, and as a result he has been seeded at 38, but can be expected to be allowed run in the top ten on the road. “It’s all been a bit last minute really, up to a few days ago I wasn’t sure if I’d be doing the rally”, Cronin noted. “Those of us who aren’t professional competitors have commitments and responsibilities outside of rallying, these have to be looked after as well. It’s been fairly hectic work-wise in recent months, I haven't sat in a rally car since the Trackrod last September, but I’m glad now that everything is in place for Saturday”, he added. The four-time BRC champion also recognises the challenge that will be posed by Fourmaux: “He’s holding all the aces really, he’s a World Championship driver, he’s in a works car, and he actually won this event before, in 2020. Three of the stages are in Greystoke forest, where M-Sport does a lot of its testing, so while Adrien may be French, he really has ‘home advantage’. We’re not really sure yet how many BRC rounds he will be able to fit in around his World Championship schedule, if he does most of them then it will be hard to see beyond him for the title. Other young drivers like James Williams and Elliott Payne have an extra year’s experience now as well. It won’t be easy, but we’ll take it event by event and we'll see how things progress.”

Reflecting on his 2022 season, where he finished second in the overall standings to Osian Pryce, Cronin accepts that the outcome fell short of his ambitions: “The latter half of the year didn’t go to plan, we had the crash on Rali Ceredigion and then an overshoot on the Trackrod Rally cost us any hope of the win and the chance to bring the championship battle to final round on the Cambrian. There’s definitely some unfinished business there for me,” he concluded.

The Malcolm Wilson Rally crews have an early start on Saturday morning, with the first car due to leave M-Sport at 7am. Four stages, Hobcarton, Comb, Wythop and Greystoke will be completed before the first Service. Two stages follow mid-morning in Griezedale Forest, often part of Britain’s World Championship round in the past, before the second Service, with two further runs through Greystoke rounding out the rally in the afternoon. The Finish Ramp celebrations will take place in Penrith just after 4.30pm.

The BRC page will feature live updates from stage ends throughout the day (British Rally Championship), while the championship’s new YouTube channel will carry highlights later in the week (youtube.com/).

Keith Cronin and Mikie Galvin are supported by M O’Brien Group of Companies, Molson Group, Keohane Seafoods, Inver Energy, Cremin Coaches, Cronin’s Homevalue Hardware, Cronin’s Centra (Ballylickey, Leap and Union Hall), Westlink Inver Service Station and Michelin Tyres. Their Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 is prepared and run by Tom Gahan Motorsport.

2023 Malcolm Wilson Rally – First Car Due Timetable

Saturday 11th March, 2023

Start: M-Sport, 07:00

SS1: Hobcarton, 07:29
SS2: Comb, 07:43
SS3: Wythop, 08:06
SS4: Greystoke 1, 09:01

Service: Penrith Auction Mart 09:35 – In
09:55 - Out

SS5: Grizedale South, 11:18
SS6: Grizedale North, 11:42

Service: Penrith Auction Mart 13:18 – In
13:38 – Out

SS9: Greystoke 2, 14:01
SS10: Greystoke 3, 16:00

Finish: The Hired Lad, Penrith, 16:34

2023 Malcolm Wilson Rally - Top British Rally Championship Seeds

No. Driver/Co-Driver, Car

1. Adrian Fourmaux/Alexandre Coria, Ford Fiesta Rally 2
3. James Williams/Dai Roberts, Ford Fiesta Rally 2
4. Elliot Payne/Tom Woodburn, Ford Fiesta Rally 2
5. Callum Black/Jack Morton, Ford Fiesta Rally 2
6. Garry Pearson/Hannah McKillop, Skoda Fabia R5
7. Eamonn Kelly/Conor Mohan, Volkswagen Polo GTi R5
10. Alan Carmichael/Arthur Kierans, Hyundai i20 R5
11. Hugh Brunton/Drew Sturrock, Skoda Fabia Rally 2 Evo
12. Stephen Petch/Michael Wilkinson, Ford Fiesta Rally 2
11. Allen Dobasu/Max Freeman, Ford Fiesta Rally 2
16. Gavin Edwards/Caron Tomlinson. Ford Fiesta R5
23. Johnnie Mulholland/Eoin Treacy, Ford Fiesta Rally 3
38. Keith Cronin/Mikie Galvin, Volkswagen Polo GTI R5

2023 British Rally Championship Calendar

Malcolm Wilson Rally – Cockermouth – 11 March
Beatson’s Building Supplies Jim Clark Rally – Duns – 26/27 May
Ardeca Ypres Rally – Ypres, Belgium – 23/24 June
Modern Tyres Ulster Rally – Newry – 18/19 August
Get Connected Rali Ceredigion – Aberystwyth – 2/3 September
Trackrod Rally Yorkshire – Filey – 22/23 September
Visit Conwy Cambrian Rally – Llandudno – 27/28 October

M O'Brien Group Of Companies
Molson Equipment
Molson Green
Molson Compact Equipment
Molson Finlay
Molson Young Plant Sales
Keohanes' Seafood Shop, Cork
Keohane Seafoods
Inver Community
Cronin's Ballylickey
Cronin's Hardware Ballylickey
Cronin's Centra Leap
Centra Union Hall Cork
Cremin Coach & Mini Bus Hire
Westlink Service Station Cork
Michelin
Michelin Motorsport

British Rally Championship
Malcolm Wilson Rally

Mikie Galvin

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

08/03/2023

08/03/2023

No filter needed for the fab colours in this years Birkenstock collection 💜💙🧡💛💚❤️🤍🤎🖤💕

08/03/2023

08/03/2023

Look down at the lights of Castletownbere from your deck at Chestnut!
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COLIN Farrell has called Castletownbere his favourite town in Ireland, during an interview on The Late Late Show with James Corden in America.Farrell joined the show along with The Banshees of Inisherin co-star Brendan Gleeson to chat about the film ahead of the upcoming Oscar

08/03/2023

08/03/2023

Happy day to this mad gang ❤️

08/03/2023

Big Thanks to the team at The Westlodge Hotel, Bantry, especially to the women who braved the bad weather to come and give us €571 that they raised over the weekend at their Vintage Afternoon Tea!

07/09/2022

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07/09/2022

08/04/2022

This evenings sunset from Chestnut!

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26/03/2022

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