New book now available: The County Down Trophy Races 1934 to 1936. 240 pages and over 100 photos. £25 including 1st class post (UK).

Motoring Books

Ulster Tourist Trophy Badges 1932 to 1955

Softbound booklet including photographs and information on the metals badges issues for the Tourist Trophy races at Ards and Dundrod Northern Ireland. 

Now sold out - the updated second edition is at the printers and will be available before the end of May 2025

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: Robinson Books - Hill Climbs and 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.

The second edition of the Ulster TT badges will be available in May 2025 and I am currently working on a new book on Craigantlet Hill climb 1925 to 1947.