Two heritage videos telling the story of the Gordon Bennett Race will be launched by Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan in the Visual, Carlow on Friday 16th June 2023 at 7:30pm.

The videos tell the story of ‘How Ireland Saved Motor Sport’ in two parts and were researched and produced by Blake and Bailey Video Production with funding from the Heritage Council under the Heritage Plan Fund. The video will be of great interest to motoring enthusiasts, historians and anyone who loves a good story and are the result of a collaboration between the Heritage Offices of Carlow, Kildare and Laois County Councils.

With videography from the Gordon Bennett Classic Race as it follows the route between the counties of Laois, Carlow and Kildare, archival photographs of the race and the intrigued crowds that watched along the route from some precarious vantage points to interviews in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart this is a story that covers generations and will now be told for future generations.