En Irlande, les WRC et les R5 se côtoient encore en nombre et on pourra compter sur un beau plateau de 4 WRC et 13 R5 sur la première manche du championnat au Galway Rally.
Tenant du titre, Garry Jennings partira de nouveau favori au volant de sa Subaru Impreza WRC et sera notamment opposé à Alastair Fisher, ancien espoir du rallye britannique et vice-champion du monde junior en 2014.
Liste des engagés
95 engagés – 4 et 5 Février 2017 (Galway International Rally – Irlande)
| N° | Equipage | Voiture | Classe |
| 1 | Garry Jennings/Rory Kennedy | Subaru Impreza WRC | 7 |
| 2 | Declan Boyle/Brian Boyle | Ford Fiesta WRC | 7 |
| 3 | Alastair Fisher/Gordon Noble | Ford Fiesta | 5 |
| 4 | Josh Moffett/James Fulton | Ford Fiesta | 5 |
| 5 | Roy White/James O’Brien | Ford Fiesta WRC | 7 |
| 6 | Sam Moffett/Karl Atkinson | Ford Fiesta | 5 |
| 7 | Joseph McGonigle/Ciaran Geaney | Skoda Fabia R5 | 5 |
| 8 | Jonathan Greer/Kirsty Riddick | Citroen DS3 R5 | 5 |
| 9 | Aaron Machale/Darragh Kelly | Citroen DS3 R5 | 5 |
| 10 | Brendan Cumiskey/Ronan O’Kane | Ford Fiesta | 5 |
| 11 | Stephen McCann/Damien Fleming | Ford Fiesta | 5 |
| 12 | Eugene Meegan/Sarah Whelan | BMW 1M | 14 |
| 14 | Tom Flaherty/Martin Flynn | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 |
| 15 | Damien Tourish/Domhnall McAlaney | Ford Escort | 13 |
| 16 | Kevin Eves/ TBA | Toyota Corolla | 14 |
| 17 | Viv Hamill/Andrew Grennan | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 |
| 18 | Liam Howlett/John McGrath | Ford Escort RS Mk2 | 13 |
| 19 | Ed Murphy/John McCarthy | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 |
| 20 | Richard Whelan/James Whelan | BMW 1M | 14 |
| 21 | David Guest/Paddy Robinson | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 4 |
| 22 | Tomas Davies/Eurig Davies | Ford Fiesta | 5 |
| 23 | Jason McSweeney/Liam Brennan | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 20 |
| 24 | Andrew Fanning/Andy Hayes | Ford Fiesta | 20 |
| 25 | Eoin Doyle/Peter Brennan | Subaru S11 WRC | 7 |
| 26 | Patrick McHugh/Pauric O’Donnell | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 |
| 27 | Barry McKenna/Leon Jordan | Ford Escort | 13 |
| 28 | Paul Rowley/Patrick Brides | Citroen DS3 R5 | 5 |
| 29 | Anthony Masterson/Tom Clinton | Ford Escort RS | 14 |
| 30 | Jon Armstrong/Noel O’Sullivan | Ford Fiesta | 1 |
| 31 | Marty Gallagher/Dean O’Sullivan | Peugeot 208 R2 | 1 |
| 32 | Tommy Cahill/Enda O’Leary | Mitsubishi Evo | 15 |
| 33 | Gary McNamee/Gary McCrudden | Honda Civic | 11F |
| 34 | Stephen Hernon/Jeff Case | Subaru Impreza N12B | 4 |
| 35 | Jonathan Folan/Robbie Ward | Subaru N12 B | 20 |
| 36 | Pat Kelly/Jonathan Kelly | Subaru Impreza N11 | 15 |
| 37 | Joe Connolly/Richard Connolly | Ford Fiesta | 5 |
| 38 | Gareth Lloyd/David Byrne | Ford MK 2 | D5 |
| 39 | Ernie Graham/Tim Sayer | Ford Escort RS | D5 |
| 40 | Frank Cunningham/Arron Forde | BMW M3 | K |
| 41 | William Mavitty/Andrew Browne | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 4 |
| 42 | William Creighton/Liam Regan | Peugeot 208 R2 | 2 |
| 43 | Michael Boyle/Dermot McCafferty | Honda EG6 | 11F |
| 44 | David Quigley/Adrian Comer | Honda Civic | 11F |
| 45 | Darren O’Brien/Kaire Treanor | Honda Civic | 11F |
| 46 | Andy Johnson/ TBA | Vauxhall Chevette | K |
| 47 | Keith McIvor/David Burns | Porsche 911 RS | K |
| 48 | Ross Forde/Paul Horan | Ford Escort RS1800 | K |
| 49 | Kai Dieter Kolle/Llion William | Porsche Carrera | 14 |
| 50 | Barry Jones/Iwan Griffiths | Ford Escort Mk2 | D5 |
| 51 | Andreas Dahms/Inka Lerch | Porsche Carrera | 14 |
| 52 | Anthony O’Brien/Aidan Gannon | TBA TBA | |
| 54 | Andrew Burke/Colin Keegan | Citroen DS3 R3 | 3 |
| 55 | Pat Kearney/Alistair Wyllie | Mitsubishi Evo 9 | 4 |
| 57 | Ed Twomey/Sean Hassett | Fiat Abarth | 5 |
| 58 | Pauric Sheridan/Sean Brunton | Ford Fiesta | 20 |
| 59 | George Gass/ TBA | Porsche GT3 | 20 |
| 60 | John Coyne/Christy Farrell | Talbot Sunbeam Lotus | K |
| 61 | David Goose/Chrystal Culkeen | Ford Escort | C5 |
| 62 | Dessie Nutt/Geraldine McBride | Porsche 911 | B5 |
| 63 | Derek Butler/Aaron O’Regan | Honda Sir | 11F |
| 64 | Des Lyons/Shay Laheen | Honda Civic EK4 | 11F |
| 65 | Patrick Bonner/Jordan Murphy | Ford Escort | 12 |
| 66 | Michael McDaid/Paul McDaid | Ford Escort | 12 |
| 67 | Shane Stanley/Adam Power | Honda Civic | 11F |
| 68 | Corey Eves/David McGuinness | Toyota Corolla | 11R |
| 69 | Paul McHugh/David Mannion | Honda Integra Type R | 1 |
| 70 | Jason Tuthill/Ben Teggart | Ford Escort Mk1 | 11R |
| 71 | Jenna McCann/ TBA | Ford Fiesta | 2 |
| 72 | Joe Donoghue/Leona Donoghue | Ford Escort | 12 |
| 73 | Sean McHugh/Kathleen Kennedy | BMW M3 Compact | 14 |
| 74 | Keith Naughton/Damien Murphy | Honda Civic | 11F |
| 75 | Art McCarrick/John McCay | Honda Civic | 22 |
| 76 | Declan Forde/Thomas Ward | Ford Escort Mk2 | 10 |
| 77 | Pat Sheehan/Martin O’Riordan | Renault Clio | 9 |
| 78 | Aidan Doyle/Kerrill Dempsey | Honda Civic | 11F |
| 79 | Fergal Kelly/Tim Maher | Ford Escort G4 | 13 |
| 80 | Nick Barnett/Martin Brady | Honda Civic Type R | 22 |
| 81 | Sean Walsh/ TBA | Honda Civic | 11F |
| 82 | Marcin Mleczko/Tomasz Bachor | Opel Corsa | 9 |
| 83 | Mike Murphy/Karl Byrne | Opel Manta GTE | 12 |
| 84 | Dave Walsh/Sean Mullins | Ford Escort | 13 |
| 85 | John Newman/ TBA | Fiat 128 3p | D1 |
| 86 | PJ Gannon/Denis Murphy | Morris Mini Cooper S | C1 |
| 87 | Brian Brogan/Damien McGettigan | Ford Escort | 14 |
| 88 | Gary Kiernan/Keith Moriarty | Ford Escort | 14 |
| 89 | Ryan Loughran/Brendan McElhinney | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 |
| 90 | John Reddington/Paddy McCrudden | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 |
| 91 | Robert Barrable/Damien Connolly | Ford Fiesta R5 | 5 |
| 92 | Pat Donegan/Alan Keena | Ford Escort Mk2 | 14 |
| 93 | Colin Moynihan/ TBA | Honda Civic | 11F |
| J1 | Justin Ryan/ TBA | Honda Civic EK4 | J2 |
| J2 | Mark Murphy/Michael Hamilton | Honda Civic | J2 |
| J3 | John McCabe/Stephen Doogan | Honda Civic | J2 |
| J4 | Noel Murphy/John Burke | Honda Civic eg6 | J2 |
| J5 | Shane McCarthy/Kieran O’Donoghue | Honda Civic | J2 |
Un vrai super plateau très eclerocllite qui évite de voir 15 Peugeot ou Renault se suivre et les vh son bien présentent et au top