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Galway girl Raftery returns to Irish action at Clare Forest Rally
Galway-based rally driver Aoife Raftery is set to make her long-awaited return to Irish gravel rallying at this weekend's Clare Forestry Rally as part of the Irish Forest Rally Championship.
Rallying brings Raftery from Craughwell to Canaries
When Aoife Raftery recounts spinning her suped-up Peugeot around an unexpectedly wet bend on a rough gravel course in Czech Republic last year, her shoulders sway with the memory. Wearing a sleeveless top in the morning heat of Gran Canaria where this year’s 47th Rally Islas Canarias begins today, May 2, the muscle memory of fast gear changes twitches in her exposed fore arms.
Aoife Raftery announced as Motorsport Ireland Road Safety Ambassador
Galway Rally driver Aoife Raftery has been named as one of two Motorsport Ireland Road Safety Ambassadors for 2024.
Aoife Raftery ready for “demanding and tricky” Galway International Rally this weekend
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy member Aoife Raftery will get her 2024 season underway on her home event this weekend as the Women in Motorsport ambassador for the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally.
Aoife Raftery set to create motorsport history in Galway
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy driver Aoife Raftery will help create an unusual piece of Irish motorsport history on the Corrib Oil Galway International Rally next month.
Galway’s Raftery secures a special category win rally
Galway’s Aoife Raftery had to put in a massive effort to secure the best female driver in a two-wheel drive car at Barum Rally Zlin over the weekend.
Tom Raftery Car Sales to reopen workshop next week
Following careful thought and consideration, Tom Raftery Car Sales will reopen its workshop on Monday, May 18.
Raftery Cup celebrates seventieth anniversary
As a young boy or girl in national school growing up around Corofin and Belclare, the most important competition in Gaelic football was the renowned Raftery Cup.
Raftery happy to be plying his trade for Athlone Town
Following a demanding few months, Athlone Town have finally found their feet, in the shape of several new youthful signings.
Thoor Ballylee - The perfect home for a poet
In August 1896 WB Yeats and his friend Arthur Symons went on a tour of the west of Ireland. The poet was 31 years of age. They stayed with Edward Martyn at Tulira Castle, Ardrahan, visited the Aran Islands, and Yeats made his first visit to Lady Gregory at Coole Park.