Innishannon Steam and Vintage Rally 2006

The 9th Innishannon Steam and Vintage Rally was officially opened by the incoming National Coordinator of the Irish Cancer Society, Ms Jill Clark in beautiful sunshine and she stayed the whole day at the rally event. She was very impressed by all the vintage vehicles and also all the various stalls which she found fascinating.

The proceeds of our rally were handed over at a pleasant function on Inishannon House Hotel and a cheque of €80,000 was presented to Ms Jill Clark the National Coordinator of ICS and Ms Margaret O'Sullivan PRO of ICS Cork. We are indeed indebted to all who sponsored us and all who contributed in any way to the success of the Innishannon Rally. We are delighted to have a venue to hold the rally on the lands of the Barrett Family, where all the vintage enthusiasts can meet and show off their vintage vehicles as well as have a chat and meet their vintage acquaintances.

Innishannon Steam and Vintage Rally 2004

The 7th Innishannon Steam and Vintage Rally was held on the June Bank Holiday Weekend and once again we were blessed with fine weather.

The Official Opening was performed by Donncha O'Dulaing of "Failte Isteach" fame who was celebrating 40 years in Radio, Donncha spent most of the day with us and was very pleased with what he viewed on the event field.

The exhibits were up quite considerably from last year we had close on 200 tractors, the biggest to date, we had 10 threshers, which was a lovely display. We had some unique cars which were very well turned out as well as oil engines, motorbikes, steam engines, and art & craft displays, as well as the forge and pets corner which contained the most unusual species from the animal kingdom, this indeed was very popular with the children and also the adults and teenagers. We also had a lot of stands and stalls, which were up on last year.

We are indeed indebted to all who help and sponsor us to make this a successful rally. Huge thanks must go to our Main Sponsor Mr. Flor Griffin, of Flor. Griffin Electrical; Cork, Bandon & Ballincollig. Our Stewards who were there in abundance this year are very important in the stewarding and running of the rally for which we are very thankful. We are glad that we are able to have a venue to hold this rally and where all vintage enthusiasts can meet and not alone display their item but also have the opportunity to acquire a vintage piece from the Autojumble Stalls.

The proceeds of our rally were handed over at a pleasant function in the Munster Arms Hotel, Bandon on September 10th, and the cheque presented to Mr. James Cassidy and Ms. Margaret O'Sullivan from the Irish Cancer Society was €65,000. We wish to thank everyone who contributed to making this event the success it was and looking forward to seeing you all next year.

Mary Desmond Secretary.