My 9 day 1600 mile Irish Roadtrip

[ihate_speedbumps]

Hi people! just thought some of you might be intrested in this, ive been planning a roadtrip for rebel motorsport around Ireland for over a year, August 1st soon came around and we started our trip, we had 5 people and 4 cars attend,

Alex - Comet blue EK4

Matt - Cosmic grey EP3

Ian - Black FN2

Dan and Charlie - Fiat Grande punto sporting

We went around the coast of Ireland from Rosslaire to Bantry then explored all the mountain passes on the beara, ring of kerry and dingle peninsulas for a few days, including the stunning healey and connor passes! then up to the mountains of conemara, then up to donegal then over the top to crolly for a free day and around the coast road to visit carrick a rede rope bridge and giants causeway, then all the way down to dublin for a free day, then into the wicklow mountains and back to the first campsite in Wexford! and epic trip, with some simply mental roads, my car has taken some serious abuse and is booked in monday morning to get looked at(

The Healey pass in particular was a highlight of the trip! we where parked up waiting for our mate to get to the top and a VZR N1 absolutly thrashed it past up, sounded insane, heading for the pass!! we went up and got told on the radios we had a clear road, i was in 1st and 2nd gear the whole way!!!! a stunning drive see below!

And the roads where insane, very bumpy and potholey, my car bottomed out a few times!!

Saw a few sights along the way too!!

One of only 2 yellow prototype FN2's ever made im told!!

Had loads of guinness!! and saw lots of modified cars! loads of well modded EK civics, AE86's evos, scoobys, skylines, old fords! the Irish love there cars! and we got some shocked looks on out travels! an awesome trip all my photos are here:-

Ireland 2012 pictures by fire_starter01 - Photobucket

 

[JordanMck]

Looks good

 

[simauto]

Great write up bud,nice to see guys from the UK coming over here for a road trip.

Some cracking views im sure you seen thou lot of the roads are more suited for a jeep or likes !

 

[ihate_speedbumps]

Oh definatly!! my car bottomed out loads! one road through the macgillycuddy reeks took 1hr10 mins to travel 19 miles!!! awesome road, the farmers gave us such puzzled looks, the grass in the middle of the road was really thick in places! cleaned my exhaust up well tho!!

Ive allways wanted to go back and drive Ireland after family hollidays there, such amazing roads! but next time i think a bowler wildcar would be more suited to the roads!! my car is a state and needs some serious fixing
had an awesome time and would love to go back again the people and scenery are awesome!!!

 

[Darragh]

Hope you enjoyed it man , got some alright weather for it too

 

[Topher-EK9]

looked like a really fun trip. fair bit of petrol also i bet.

 

[muiris]

very nice to see people from UK coming here.
I have driven a few of the roads you mentioned.
Ireland is beautiful, no doubt

 

[grimo35]

thats some trip ! would love to do something like this , did the ek not struggle with the manifold clearance on the back roads ?

 

[pateras_vtec]

Pics look stunning!!!! must had a great time. thanks for sharing.

 

[Pete180]

looks like you had fun, sweet cars and some nice roads there!

 

[xoKirstyox]

Some nice scenery there. Looks like it was a really good trip

 

[lloyd]

some nice pics there, what all parts of donegal did you visit,?

 

[jordan101]

some great roads there

 

[D.r]

Great write up and superb pictures.
Hope you enjoyed the trip.
Nothing like a mini adventure on twisty roads amongst that scenary.

 

[M.1]

Looks like a brilliant road trip mate, those roads look mental.

 

[ihate_speedbumps]

Thanks for all the comments!! it was an awesome trip, and will be doing it again in 2 years proberbly for 3 weeks if i can! some of the roads you would not believe!! stunning scenery!!

thats some trip ! would love to do something like this , did the ek not struggle with the manifold clearance on the back roads ?

My manifold must have been very close at times, it was mainly my middlebox that skimmed the odd rock in the road, the suspension bottomed out a few times on a few of the very bumpy roads in conemara and donegal!! cars in at the moment getting fixed from the trip, the Irish roads managed to break a few bits, no suprise really!!

some nice pics there, what all parts of donegal did you visit,?

We drove from clifden through the mountains to Donegal town stayed 2 nights in a campsite in crolly, went for a blast around the Glenveaugh national park, (the R251 is awesome!) and went to some beaches near the airport then went on up to the giants causeway, donegal is stunning, never been before!! but will be back!!

 

[Gav-EK9]

some great pics there man cheers for sharing, looks like a great trip

 

[lloyd]

Thanks for all the comments!! it was an awesome trip, and will be doing it again in 2 years proberbly for 3 weeks if i can! some of the roads you would not believe!! stunning scenery!!



My manifold must have been very close at times, it was mainly my middlebox that skimmed the odd rock in the road, the suspension bottomed out a few times on a few of the very bumpy roads in conemara and donegal!! cars in at the moment getting fixed from the trip, the Irish roads managed to break a few bits, no suprise really!!




We drove from clifden through the mountains to Donegal town stayed 2 nights in a campsite in crolly, went for a blast around the Glenveaugh national park, (the R251 is awesome!) and went to some beaches near the airport then went on up to the giants causeway, donegal is stunning, never been before!! but will be back!!

i live near donegal town, if i had of known we could hav met up for a bit,... o well, be sure to give us a shout if ur coming back again,

 

[leeK9]

next time your in donegal again give me a shout... il show you some cool roads

Knockalla and the corkscrew

 

[Peteioz]

Very nice roads looked amazing, bet it was great fun!