Welcome to Galway Motor Club

The Safety Direct Galway International Rally is the first major motorsport event annually in Ireland. Over the years the event has attracted entrants from England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, the former Czechoslovakia, France, America, Gambia, Belgium, Arabia, Norway and Finland.

The event is one of the most popular in the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, and has been it's first round since the series was founded in 1978. It is fully sponsored by Safety Direct and based in Galway's Clayton Hotel, and is supported by Failte Ireland.

It is a busy club - all volunteers - we organise one other stage rally each year, the popular Galway Summer Rally, and also a number of Sprints, a two day Hillclimb, an Autotest and various social events and charity fund raisers.

Galway Motor Club is very active in the promotion and development of Motorsport in Ireland, and supports Motorsport Ireland through active participation in it's various committees.