Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Series 3, episode 51. We hear from the 2025 Billy Coleman Award winner Craig Rahill.   We look back at the Killarney Historic Stages Rally, which featured Historic rally winners Donagh Kelly and Rory Kennedy and modified winner Rob Duggan, joined by Declan Gallagher and Andy Hayes.   We catch up with Aaron Johnston and Josh McErlean to relive the final round of the WRC, Rally Japan ..read more

Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast, Series 3, Episode 50.  This week, we speak with motorsport journalist Luke Barry about the 2024 WRC season finale in Japan.  We also hear from Anthony O’Connor, the Clerk of the Course for the Killarney Historic Stages Rally ..read more

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast, Series 3, episode 38.  In this episode, we look back at Rali Ceredigion a round of the ERC and BRC championships with Hayden Paddon, Jon Armstrong, William Creighton and Matt Cotton.  We chat about the Galway Summer Rally with Daniel McKenna & Andrew Grennan, and we look forward to the Enniskillen Motor Club Lakeland Stages Rally with Brian D’Arcy ..read more

Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast – Series 3, Episode 28: In this episode, we hear from Chris O’Callaghan, Rob Duggan and Craig Rahill about competing on the Lyons Motorgroup, Circuit of Munster.   Jamie McMillan, Chief Engineer for Ott Tanak’s Hyundai Rally1 i20, talks to us about the recent round of the WRC in Sardinia. Finally, Pat Lordon looks ahead to the GSMC Mini Stages Rally ..read more

Season 3, episode 27 of Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast - we catch up with Marty McCormack, Barney Mitchell and Mats van den Brand, who tell us about their recent win on the Rally de Asturias Historico in the Mats van den Brand built BMW M3 E30.  We hear about last weekend’s Jim Clark Rally from rally journalist Luke Barry, winning co-driver Mikie Galvin and 2nd place crew William Creighton & Liam Regan, who are also leading the British Rally Championship along with the Rally 4 podium contenders Kyle McBride, Ryan McHugh and Mark McGeehan.  We look ahead to the Limerick Circu ..read more

On this week’s Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. We talk to Josh McErlean who competed in the Terras D Aboboreira Rally as he debuted the TokSport Skoda Fabia Rally 2, finishing fifth overall.  Desi Henry, the overall winner of the Maiden City Stages Rally, plus Damien Tourish, the first rear wheel drive car home, tell us about their adventures.  Eamonn Kelly tells us about his work with MI Academy on the Rally Islas Canaries and his recent run at Deja Vu NorthWest.   Finally, we look ahead to the Killarney International Rally of The Lakes with Killarney & ..read more

Our third season kicks off with a WRC special. We celebrate some of the crews from this Island who have reached the pinnacle of our sport, the World Rally Championship.  Aaron Johnston is one of only six codrivers to have competed in all the rounds of the 2023 WRC in a Rally 1 car, he recaps his season and looks forward to 2024. William Creighton and Liam Regan became the Junior World Rally Champions in 2023, along with fellow JWRC competitors Eamonn Kelly and Conor Mohan, they review their year and preview plans for 2024. Seb Scott, the former JWRC/Msport Coordinator also joins the conve ..read more

Series 3, Episode 49—This week on the Krunching Gears—The Rally Podcast. Frank Kelly, who chats about his recent adventures in San Marino, Portugal, and Madeira.  We also speak to Jamie Edwards, the Manager for the FIA European Historic Rally Championship, about recent developments in that championship.   Notice—The KDMC Youth Programme is holding an evening with Paul Nagle, Mikie Galvin, Noel O’Sullivan, and Ger Conway on Friday, November 22nd, at 7:30 pm at Killarney Racecourse. The aim of the evening is to give guidance, advice, and encouragement to young co-drivers starting out o ..read more

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Series 3, episode 48.   In this week's episode, we talk with Ernie Graham about his silver medal win at the FIA Motorsport Games and his runner-up finish in the FIA European Historic Championship.  Phillip Young & Peter Dowds join us to discuss what it is like to compete again after a 20-year break.   We catch up with Niall Burns to understand the work behind the scenes as a top-line co-driver ..read more

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. Series 3, episode 47.   On this week’s episode of Krunching Gears – The Rally Podcast – we look back at the Kerry Winter Stages Rally with winners Richard Moffet & Darragh Kelly.   We speak to Jason & Gareth Black about World Champion Kalle Rovanpera borrowing their Starlet to compete in the upcoming Killarney Historic Stages Rally.   Meirion Evans chats to us about going to WRC Japan with the Castrol Yaris ..read more