Gallery

Kilkenny Motor Club Photo Gallery

Please feel free to browse our photo album, a collection of photos from various events that take place during our calendar year. When viewing gallery pages, please click the thumbnail images to see a larger version.

CHARITY RUN 2015

CHARITY RUN 2014

THE WOODS 2014

HOME CARE RUN 2014

GOLDEN MUSEUM

THE PARK PART 5

THE PARK PART 4

THE PARK PART 2

ROSSBERCON SHOW

THE PARK 2013

HOME CARE RUN

OVER 50 CARS IN CASTLE PARK

WALES 2013 PART 3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN

WALES 2013

ANOTHER GREAT TRIP TO WALES

WALES 2013 PART 2

THANKS TO DON FOR THE PHOTOS

CIRCUS TIME

CARLOW SHOW 2012

ARDATTIN 2012

WALES 2012 PART 2

CHARITY RUN

CLASSIC CAR LIVE

BALLYROAN VINTAGE RALLY

A GOOD SUNNY DAY IN CO.LAOIS

TULLOGHER ROSBERCON

A GREAT SHOW IN SOUTH KILKENNY

WALES 2012     PART 1

ANOTHER GREAT TRIP TO WALES

NEW ROSS STATIC SHOW

GOOD DISPLAY ON THE QUAY

BEAULIEU 2008

HEDGE CUTTING

NEW YEARS DAY RUN

TRACTOR DRAW

NEC 2011

PLOUGHING 2011

GREAT DISPLAYS BY THE \"IVETA\" AND THE \"IVS\" AND THE \"IRISH VINTAGE SCENE\" WITH THEIR TRACTOR BUILD COMPETITION

CARNEW WORKING DAY

A GREAT DISPLAY OF VINTAGE MACHINERY IN ACTION, DOING WHAT THEY WERE MADE TO DO..

DANESFORT 2011

A GREAT DAY WITH A TOTAL OF 54 MORRIS MINORS FOR OUR FEATURE CAR

INISTIOGE 2011

A GREAT SHOW IN SOUTH KILKENNY

WOODS 2011

A good crowd and cars and tractors in the woods

ARDATTIN SHOW

A GREAT WELL ORGANISED SHOW, WELL DONE TO ALL INVOLVED

KILBRONEY/CLASSIC CAR LIVE

TWO VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHOWS

INNISHANNON 2011

A VERY LARGE SHOW IN THE REPUBLIC OF CORK

LLANDUDNO 2011

have attached photos from Llandudno, photos 182 to 218 are from our Friday tour to Llangollen where we visited the Llangollen Motor Museum and the Llangollen Railway where were given a guided tour of the workshops, these are not normally open to the public, so we were given a guided tour by George Jones, who spoke for almost an hour on the history and the work that the railway undertakes, everyone greatly enjoyed the tour. the other photos were taken around the show and over the weekend, the last photo shows that we all \"just made it\" back to the boat, cheers

MOUNT LEINSTER CHALLENGE

A GREAT TRIP IN GREAT WEATHER

FORD SHOW MACROOM

A FEW MEMBERS HEADED TO MACROOM

URLINGFORD PARADE

A GREAT DAY IN URLINGFORD WITH THE FINE WEATHER BRINGING OUT THE CROWDS

NEC 2010

A GREAT SHOW IN BIRMINGHAM

WINTER ROAD RUN 2010

A GREAT DAY FOR A RUN

ULSTER REILY RALLY

Con o Mahony took his car to this event

DANESFORT 2010

A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE DAY

kilmanagh

Good turn out for family fun day

BOLAND TRIP

A GREAT CHANCE TO SEE A GREAT COLLECTION

CALLAN

A WELL ATTENDED EVENT FOR FIRST FESTIVAL WITH LOTS OF SIDE SHOWS

KILBRONEY 2010

A SHOW WELL WORTH A VISIT

INNISHANNON 2010

A great show in the south of the country

pinic 2010

A GREAT EVENING WITH A FEW DEMONSTRATIONS WITH OVER 30 CARS

WALES 2010

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO WALES WITH OVER 20 CARS MAKING THE TRIP

DURROW SHOW 2010

ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN DURROW WITH TWO CLUB CARS ON THE \"IRISH VINTAGE SCENE STAND\"

TIPP RALLY 2010

GREAT START TO RALLY SEASON

marios

THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEWEST CHIP SHOP IN KILKENNY

TEDS PHOTOS

A SELECTION OF PHOTOS FRO OUR ROVING REPORTER TED

WINTER ROAD RUN 2009

A SLOW START AND A BIT OF A MYSTERY TOUR BUT ALL ENDED WELL

mooncoin 2009

A good day near the banks of the Suir

SLIEVENAMON RALLY

A GREAT DAY IN THE SUNSHINE IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE FAMOUS MOUNTAIN

DORSET

A FEW PHOTOS TAKEN BY SOME MEMBERS OF OUR CLUB ON A RECENT TRIP TO "THE GREAT DORSET STEAM FAIR"

Danesfort Field Day 2009

Danesfort Field Day and Kilkenny Motor Club, Our "Big One" was a great success due in no small part to the hardwork of Paul, Brian, Declan & Declan and everyone who helped out on the day. Thankfully the morning rain was light and the afternoon opened up nicely. Thanks especially to the Carlow and Abbeyleix Clubs for coming along and bringing so many vehicles.

out and about

A FEW PICTURES TAKEN WITH THE CLUB CAMERA OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS , WHICH INCLUDE THE CAR SHOW AND SALE IN TULLOW ,THE CASTLE ON THE JUNE WEEKEND AND OUR MEETING IN THE WOODS

WALES 2

A VIEW OF OUR WALES TRIP THROUGH THE NEW CLUB CAMERA

Llandudno 2009

Yet again the Llandudno show was a resounding success, with Saturday and Sunday bringing glorious sunshine and an even bigger show than ever. Though the Autojumble was not as good as in previous years, the members of KMC who travelled over thoroughly enjoyed the weekend. Undoubtedly one of the stars of the show was Owen Mahony's Mighty MINI, simply superb was the universal judgement by all and is a credit to Owen and all who contributed to this project.

Durrow Show 2009

"Overwhelming" is the only word to describe this years Durrow Classic Show, probably one of the biggest classic shows ever seen in Ireland. Check out these photo's, they are only a tiny sample of what was to be seen.

Spring Road Run 2009

We had a great turnout for our Spring run on Sunday 12th April, we started off with a display in Kilkenny Castle at which we were joined by members of ” The Celtic Old Vehicles Owners Club” from Co. Meath and the surrounding counties, they were in Kilkenny for the weekend. A total of 97 cars were on display with 68 going on the run that followed.

Autumn Road Run

On Sunday 2nd of November we held our Winter Road Run in aid of the "Susie Long Hospice" fund, starting from the courtyard of Kilkenny Castle, itself a very rare privilege we travelled to Tullaroan and the Lory Meagher Homestead and GAA Museum where we had a veritable feast of tea and sandwiches provided by our committee. Over €3500 was raised for this very worthy cause and a very big thank you to everyone who contributed and made this day such a success. www.susielonghospice.com

MOONCOIN RALLY

A GREAT DAY IN SOUTH KILKENNY

BEAULIEU AUTOJUMBLE

A GREAT TRIP HAD BY CLUB MEMBERS ACR0SS THE WATER

Danesfort 2008

DANESFORT 2008 IN GLORIOUS SUNSHINE THE CROWDS THRONGED TO DANESFORT AND A TOTAL OF OVER 215 CARS ,17 BIKES AND 20 TRACTORS WITH BOTH A MODEL AND A REAL THRASHING SET, FIRE ENGINES , LAWNMOWER, LINE AND HIPHOP DANCERS, MODEL AEROPLANES AND HELICOPTERS ,MODEL TRAINS AND A SELECTION OF PHONES AND OUR PIT STOP CHALLENGE NO ONE WAS BORED ,NOT TO MENTION ALL OF THE OTHER FIELD-DAY EVENTS THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME AND ALL WHO HELPED ON THE DAY ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HELPED IN THE TEA TENT WITH OVER 285 MEALS BEING SERVED AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TEAS ……. WELL DONE TO ALL

Inistioge Vintage Show

Large turnout of classics in what must be the most picturesque show sites in Ireland, and a superb re-enactment of a World War 2 battle by www.battlegroupsouth.com

Ballinakill Vintage & Classic Show

A large attendance turned out to see the array of vintage cars on display at the annual Noel Duggan Memorial Vintage & Classic Car show on Sunday 27 June. There was much to entertain the crowds, with popular group, Fianna, going down a treat.

Portlaoise Charity Road Run

Kilkenny Motor Club took part in this charity road run, in aid of suicide prevention. Superbly organized by the Capri club of Ireland, from the start in Portlaoise the run took us up over the Slieve Bloom mountains and back through Mountmellick and Emo to tea at the Midway Food Court

Stradbally Vintage Show

Great show on the main street of Stradbally, Co. laois, with a selection of cars, tractors and some traction engines.

Rose of Tralee

The Irish final of “The Rose of Tralee” were held in Portlaoise last weekend and someone came up with the idea of a Parade on the Saturday of the 30 or so “lovely ladies” in Vintage cars. So Ballinakill, The Capri and Kilkenny Clubs were called at short notice to supply the cars and some of our lucky members were able to answered the call………..

Carrick On Suir Festival of Motorsport

A total of 39 cars attended from THE K.M.C. The show was a huge success with a huge crowds attending. There was lots to see and do.

Jenkinstown Picnic in the Park

Our 2nd annual picnic in the park and yet again we were blessed with a beautiful evening, over 40 club members made the short trip from Kilkenny and enjoyed an evening of chat, some tyre kicking and polishing, not forgetting the welcome cup of tea provided by our very hard working committee, thanks again to everyone.

Youghal Show

Several club members travelled over to Youghal on the south coast and enjoyed a great show. Thanks to Jimmy Shanahan for the photos

Johnstown Castle

On Sunday May 11th we had a run to Wexford to the Irish Agricultural Museum on the Johnstown Castle Estate. A very interesting place and plenty to see. A total of 24 cars joined us on the day. Thanks to everyone who came. A big thanks to “Jim o Grady ” for photos.

Kilbeggan Show

Club members recently drove to Kilbeggan in Westmeath and enjoyed a great show.

LLandudno 2008

Club members brought 22 car's to Llandudno this year, thanks to everyone who helped make the weekend such a success. The Llandudno Transport Festival is held on the sea-front showground in one of the most picturesque bays of the UK. Llandudno is Wales' largest resort and famed for its Victorian style and Edwardian elegance.

Durrow Show 2008

With hardly a rut in sight and or a cow pat under foot / wheel, but so, so cold. Well you can't have everything ?. Full compliments to Austin and his hard working crew for a great and very well organised show, everyone enjoyed the huge numbers and the variety of vehicles on display, roll on 2009 !

Spring Road Run April 08

A great day had by all with over 40 cars and a motorbike ( Thanks Austin ) joining us over the day, it was surprising how many people had not been in both places even when they were local. Thanks to all who turned up and those who helped on the day.

St Patricks Day Parade

St. Patricks Day and our members took to the streets of Graignamanagh and Kilkenny City with a colourful display of vehicles, including our "Keep Ireland Green" themed float, not forgetting our Bishop who granted special dispensations to all Club members to mark the occasion !

Valentine's Road Run

A surprise Valentine's Road Run was run on Feb. 17th, starting from our usual meeting point at "Tubs & Tiles" we were off at 11.30, and on through Waterford city and a stop for lunch at "The Halfway House" then on to the Promenade in Tramore, where the cars were greatly admired by the many visitors, later we had a leisurely drive back to Kilkenny after a very pleasant day.

THE LATE LATE CHRISTMAS PARTY

Another great night had by all

CHRISTMAS ROAD RUN

January 1st dawned cool and bright but DRY, 27 members and their cars braved the elements and headed off to Rathdowney and Donoghmore on a sponsored Charity run in aid of Sister Muriel of the order of St. Joseph The Worker. To discover more visit (www.saintjosephtheworker.org) then it was on to Kilcotton for tea and sandwiches which were greatly appreciated by everyone, thankfully the rain held off till we were almost home, and a great day was had by all.

durrow

Jenkinstown 07

MEETING IN THE WOOD The meeting held in Jenkinstown wood on the 5th June was a huge success with 52 cars turning up on the evening. It was a beautiful evening and thanks goes to the committee for organising a good evening event and all enjoyed a refreshing cuppa and biscuits. Thanks to all the families for supporting. We hope to organise another similar event in the near future

                        BIRMINGHAM 2007

PHOTOS FROM THE NEC SHOW 2007................ .......Page 2 Photo's Courtesy of John Eardley

TELETHON 2007

IT WAS SOME GOING BUT IT WAS WORTH IT..THANKS TO ALL

DANESFORT  O7

We had a great day with 124 cars,21 tractors and 5 motorbikes. A great crowd turned up to field day and took a great interest in our displays. Thanks to every one that came and to every on that helped on the day..

WINTER ROAD RUN 2007

Our run this year was to Ardattin Co.Carlow and to Castlecomer Co Kilkenny

Llandudno 2010