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Letterkenny Folk Festival hosts thrilling Soap Box Derby – Picture Special

written by Stephen Maguire August 25, 2019
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A revised version of the popular Letterkenny International Folk Festival took place over the weekend drawing in huge crowds. 

One of the events that caught the imagination from those at the Folk Festival was the Soap Box Derby and it made a return for the 2019 version in association with the RNLI Lifeboat.

The starting ramp was located at the Golden Grill on the Port Road, Letterkenny.

Enthusiasts turned out in their soap boxes to compete for the €500 in prize money

Joe Boland (NWNewspix) was in attendance to capture the thrilling encounter.

 

Letterkenny Folk Festival hosts thrilling Soap Box Derby – Picture Special was last modified: August 25th, 2019 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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