Winner of the Royal Irish Automobile Club Reynolds Trophy 2025



Between Missing Persons and Lost Dogs

Coming May 2026.

Involved with the Circuit of Ireland Rally for more than thirty years, Donald Grieve did it all - driver, navigator, Clerk of the Course.

This is an account of the golden years of this world famous rally like no other.

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: Robinson Books - Hill Climbs and Motor Car Road Races in Northern Ireland 1905 to 1947

My books are about motor sport in Northern Ireland in the first half of the 20th century.

It was a time of enormous wealth , especially around Belfast, and the emergence of the motor car as both a means of transport and for use in competition, for example reliability trials, hill climbs and road races.

In 1922 Northern Ireland became the only part of the United Kingdom where roads could be closed for motorsport. In 1925 the Ulster Automobile Club was formed to promote motorsport.

My books focus on events not previously published and include the Edwardian Cultra Hill Climbs, sand racing at Magilligan Strand and the road races at Donaghadee and Bangor.

My latest book is Craigantlet Hill Climb 1925 to 1947.

I am a member of the Society of Automobile Historians in Britain