At just 13 years of age they were all racing around the track in Aghadowey at the start of their…
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It was a case of wet-wet-wet for day one of the Knockalla Hillclimb as it celebrated its 50th Birthday on…
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Paddy, Patrick and Paul Doherty: 80 years on the road and counting
by Brian McDaid 4 weeks ago‘You’re young Doherty – Paddy’s son, were you looking about joining the Fire Brigade? I was. What size Wellington do…
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DD Motoring: Where are all our electric charging points gone?
by Brian McDaid 2 months agoThree years on I imagined it would be a bit different. Back on St Patrick’s Weekend in 2019, I drove…
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Motoring Columnist Brian McDaid shares his fond memories of Belfast rally driver Paddy Hopkirk, who passed away this week aged…
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I could smell two Minis up ahead. They branched off at the roundabout to head around the bypass. I knew then…
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We’re home. The rally sticker is now up on the garage window. It will fade as time goes by but…
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The style council is back in town. It’s been a long time, three years with lockdown. I saw them all…
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DD Motoring: How the Rally still pulls at Hugh Tinney’s heartstrings
by Brian McDaid 4 months ago‘Sweep, I thought I won the sweep!’, a term only rally fraternity would appreciate. It’s the run up to the…
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Showstopping Land Rover Discovery is the DMG Motors Car of the Week
by Rachel McLaughlin 4 months agoSponsored Post DMG Motors in Donegal Town have unveiled a showstopping 2021 Land Rover Discovery for their Car of the…
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DD Motoring: Corsa culture in the days of Big 4 sauce and strawberry milkshakes
by Brian McDaid 5 months agoDonegal Daily motoring columnist Brian McDaid is marked 40 years of the Opel Corsa with a trip to Manor Motors……
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Brian McDaid: Early years of the Donegal International Rally
by Brian McDaid 5 months agoAfter you had finished your ice pop you could write your name using the lollipop stick and tar on a…
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It’s been three years since ‘Donegal’ was here. That’s the one single word that sparks the greatest passion in any…
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Our old Standard is the family car I remember the best. I remember its face, the headlights as eyes, the…
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I once drove to Dublin with no insurance, if we were stopped I had my brother’s Provisional Driving licence with…
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This story starts with an empty window washer bottle in Kerrykeel. One of them times when wipers across a window…
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DD Motoring: Rallying is back with the Galway International
by Brian McDaid 8 months agoIf my camera could have spoken it would have told me to go home, such was the rain in Galway…
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‘Valentines Rally Sprints’ to go ahead in Ballykelly this February
by Staff Writer 8 months agoThe Rallysport Association ‘Valentines Rally Sprints 2022’ will take place on Saturday’s the 12th and 19th of February at the…
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‘Come up and make me smile’ by Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebel comes to mind as a song that’s…
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Motoring columnist Brian McDaid reflects on Seamus Boyle’s tractor run at the weekend, along with memories of him and his…
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