Local hero Kelly bids for Donegal International Rally hat-trick

The desire to win the Joule Donegal International Rally is the ambition of most drivers and even an obsession for some.

Today, the top Irish competitors begin the quest that will last for three days and 20 stages over some of the country’s most scenic and challenging terrain.

Top seed, back-to-back winner and local hero, Manus Kelly (Subaru WRC) bids for a hat-trick of wins as he battles with fellow Donegal aces Donagh Kelly (Ford Focus WRC) and Declan Boyle (Ford Fiesta WRC), Fermanagh’s Garry Jennings and Armagh’s Darren Gass, both in Subaru WRC’s. For Donagh Kelly a home win has, so far, proved elusive.