Mondello Park is Ireland's only international motorsport venue and is located in Caragh, County Kildare off the R409 regional road, approximately 48-kilometre from Dublin city centre. The Mondello Park short circuit was designed on farmland near Naas in County Kildare by Stuart Cosgrave in 1966, following the demise of the Dunboyne moto…Mondello Park is Ireland's only international motorsport venue and is located in Caragh, County Kildare off the R409 regional road, approximately 48-kilometre from Dublin city centre. The Mondello Park short circuit was designed on farmland near Naas in County Kildare by Stuart Cosgrave in 1966, following the demise of the Dunboyne motor races on traditional and dangerous roads in County Meath. The circuit opened in 1968, and was extended via the National Loop the following year. Well-known Irish drivers such as Derek Daly, David Kennedy, Tommy Byrne and Eddie Jordan cut their teeth on the circuit in the 1970s and early 1980s, going on to international fame, but financial difficulties emerged thereafter.
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