Cannonball gets into gear
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Karl Goodwin and James Jones with Maureen Forrest of the Hope Foundation, after they arrived at Ballymaloe House in their Lamborghini Aventador on the Cannonball Run last year. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/ProvisionImage 2 of 4
Des Adams with his C8 Corvette with Grace Forrest, supporter of the Hope Foundation, after they arrived at Ballymaloe House on the Cannonball Run last year. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/ProvisionImage 3 of 4
Oren Aherne and Rian Aherne at the event in 2019. Photo: Kasia Farat Kasia_FaratImage 4 of 4
Laoise Ahern at the 2019 event. Photo: Kasia Farat Kasia_FaratCannonball 2022 will be revving its way back in Cork next month.
The official route for Cannonball 2022 was recently announced and it is been confirmed that the supercar spectacle is coming back to Cork on Friday 9 September.
Cork based charity, the HOPE Foundation, is the chosen charity for Cannonball again for 2022. The event has already raised €1,298,779 for Irish charities and organisers are hoping to reach €250,000 for HOPE by the end of September 2022.
The rare super cars will take the 1st pitstop of the event at 12.30pm at Circle K Fermoy and the gleaming convoy will then make their way to Kinsale for lunch. Spectators in Cork at both locations will get up close and personal with 200 of the finest cars on the planet and enjoy the unique festival atmosphere that Cannonball is renowned for.
Cannonball, fuelled by milesPLUS from Circle K, is the largest organised road trip in Europe and this year the event will have the highest ever number of car entries including Lamborghini, Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin Porsche, Rolls Royce Bentley and Maserati.
The Brazilian Dancers will bring all the glamour of carnival and live DJs, bands and festivals in host towns get the party started. The notorious NYPD, German Polizei, Cannonballers and celebrities in crazy costumes add to the melee.
From Spiderman to Star Wars, Cat Woman to Wonder Woman, cheerleaders to Charlie’s Angels, Batman, the Joker and more, it is a totally unique free family day out. This year, organisers are also calling on spectators to dress up in fancy dress with prizes for best dressed.
On Friday 9 September, Cannonball will blaze a trail from Malahide in Dublin to Cork with a fuel stop in Circle K Fermoy and lunch in The Blue Haven Kinsale. The 1st finish line overnight stay will be at the Brehon Hotel in Killarney. On Saturday 10 September , the convoy will leave Killarney and take a fuel stop at Circle K Ballysimon and then lunch at Salthill in Galway and onwards to Sligo town for the 2nd finish line and overnight stay. On Sunday 11 September, the start line will be at Rosses Point Sligo and then lunch at Kilronan Castle in Ballyfarnon with a fuel up at Casey’s Circle K in Co Roscommon before a big dramatic final finish line in Trim in Meath on Sunday 11 September at 6pm.
The HOPE Foundation, an Irish charity, work with the street children of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India. HOPE funds and operates over 60 projects including 11 child protection homes, a hospital, an ambulance, counselling, food and nutrition, education, healthcare and the restoration of childhoods to children.
See hopefoundation.ie/cannonball.