Organisers of what will be the third annual Celtic Classic Tour to Ireland have now finished putting together the itinerary for what promises to be another fun enjoyable event, which will start with a display of vehicles from 11 am on Thursday, April 21, at The Snooty Fox Inn, Martletwy, before the entrants will register before the official start at 12 noon, which will see the convoy of classics travel through Narberth town en route to the Stena ferry terminal at Fishguard to catch the afternoon sailing to Ireland.

Arriving in the Emerald Isle, the Celtic tour will travel down to Dungarvan, County Waterford, by early evening where the group will be based at the splendid Gold Coast Resort for the four nights of the tour. Highlights of this year’s event promises to be on the Saturday, a lovely 60-mile drive with historic stops arranged by The Wexford Sports and Classic Car Club who have proved very welcoming hosts on both previous visits to Ireland, and on the Sunday, The Kilkenny Motor Club have organised a four hour classic display in the grounds of the historic Kilkenny castle (once home to The Earl of Pembroke), where the Celtic tour entrants will be joined by classics from local Irish clubs. On the Sunday evening, there will be a presentation dinner back in the Gold Coast complex, which will also provide Irish entertainment throughout the weekend in the clubhouse bar.

It is planned to have over 40 vehicles on the tour this year, and there are a lovely variety of entries already received, which include cars and motorbikes representing many decades of motoring from the 1930s up to modern sports classics such as the popular MGFs, MX5s, Morgans, joining the MGBs, Escorts, Porches, Capris, Jaguars, Minors, TR7s, Triumphs, BSAs, etc. So if you have a bike or car which is something different and would like to enjoy a lovely long weekend trip to Ireland, with fellow classic enthusiasts from both sides of the water, The Celtic Charity Classic Tour would be pleased to welcome you as not only will it promise to be a fun filled Irish weekend, but in the previous two years, the Celtic tour has raised over £8,500 for two very worthy charities CRY (Dean Mason Memorial Fund) and Meningitis Now.

This year, we are very keen to bring a lovely variety of entries over as the Irish clubs that have hosted us so well over the last two years are set to return to Pembrokeshire on the weekend of June 4/5 to take part in The Celtic Classic North Pembrokeshire Run on the Saturday which we are organising in conjunction with ‘Classics in the Manor’ (Scolton Show) on the Sunday run by Pembrokeshire Classic Car Club, more details to follow shortly but a date for all classic followers to put in your diaries.

The Celtic Classic Tour wish to thank Mason Bros, Lampeter Velfrey, for their continued support in supplying a recovery vehicle throughout the tour, and also all programme sponsors, (Floatation Balloons, Tenby Tyres, Snooty Fox Inn, Phil Wilson Sales, G. D. Harries & Sons, Pembrokeshire Elite Travel, D. P. Building Supplies, Begelly Arms, Dragon Palace, D. Mason School of Motoring, Top Class Cars, Julian Mosely & Sons, A. W. P. Engineering, Brandon Hire, Davies Crane Hire Ltd., J. Williams & Son Costcutter, Templeton Beer Co, Gethin C. John & Sons Ltd, Stepaside Coachworks, K. P. Thomas & Son, Millforge Garage, Folly Farm, Lawrenny Arms, Station House, Whitland, Revelation Clothing, Brecon Brewing, Station Garage, Whitland, Cleddau Press Ltd).

For all enquiries or details of the tour, please email [email protected] or telephone Norman Mason on 07969 313892.