{"id":1676,"date":"2021-11-04T03:45:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T03:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1676"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:04:03","slug":"cork-gp-the-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1676","title":{"rendered":"Cork GP &#8211; The Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Grand-Prix-logo-2-Medium.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Grand-Prix-logo-2-Medium-1024x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1731\" style=\"width:384px;height:104px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"navigation-029bfcc6-8d14-76bf-d6bc-edcdbad7ad5a\" class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/\">Home\u00a0<\/a>. . . . .\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cork GP History<\/a>\u00a0. . . .\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barry&#8217;s Tea<\/a>. . . .\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thanks<\/a><\/strong> &#8230;. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2013 Photo Gallery<\/a>\u00a0. . .\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2013 Video Gallery<\/a>\u00a0. . . .<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pre Event Gallery and press bits<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The course had its start \/ finish line on the Carrigrohane Straight, near where the County Hall is now situated. &nbsp;From&nbsp;there, the&nbsp;six mile circuit&nbsp;went towards the city and turned hairpin right at Victoria Cross, up to Dennehy&#8217;s Cross and on to Model Farm Road. &nbsp;Having &nbsp;passed Forge Hill Bend and Gravel Pit Bend it made its way to Poulavone Hairpin, now a roundabout near Ballincollig, &nbsp;before heading back, via Hell Hole Bend, onto the Carrigrohane Straight where speeds of over 150mph (240 kph) would have been reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Route.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\" src=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Route.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2611\" srcset=\"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Route.jpg 600w, http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Route-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>\u00a9 2021. Munster Vintage Motor Cycle &amp; Car Club. &nbsp;All Rights Reserved.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irishmotorracingclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.riac.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The course had its start \/ finish line on the Carrigrohane Straight, near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1676","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1676\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/munstervintage.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}