Children’s charity to be Cannonball champions

ISPCC Childline ambassador and X Factor icon Louis Walsh was in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham recently where he announced that the children’s charity will be the official partner for Cannonball 2018.

This is a very special year for Ireland’s supercar spectacle as the 10th anniversary of the event approaches and all Cannonballers reunite for the ultimate supercar road-trip.

 Cannonball, the action-packed supercar spectacle, is set to roll fom September 7 – 9 with over 190,000 people expected to line the streets all around Ireland. Top mark cars including McLaren, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche, Maseratti, Rolls Royce and Bentley will blaze a trail through Dublin and out across the country.

 Cannonball has already raised €960,000 for Irish charities and this year, the milestone of €1,000,000 raised for charities will certainly be broken.

The official charity of Cannonball 2018 will be Ireland’s 24-hour listening service for children and young people, Childline. The Childline service answers over 380,000 contacts from children and young people across Ireland each year who may feel lonely, hurt or anxious, or who may simply wish to chat about their day.

Childline volunteers listen to, support and empower children and young people, even when it may seem as though there is no-one else to listen. A call to Childline can change a child’s life.

 Spectators will get up close and personal with 190 of the finest cars on the planet and enjoy the unique festival atmosphere that Cannonball is renowned for. 

The Brazilian Dancers will bring all the glamour of Carnival while fire breathers and some great tunes get the party started. Doc and Marty McFly will be Back to the Future this year in the fully kitted out Delorean and the notorious NYPD, German Polizei, Fr Willie and colourful Cannonballers in crazy costumes will add to the melee.

From Spiderman to Star Wars, Cat Woman to Wonder Woman, Cheerleaders to Charlie’s Angels, Batman, The Joker and more, it is a totally unique free family day out.

 Cannonball, sponsored by Hone, the revolutionary new renewable energy provider, is the brain-child of Kildare businessman Alan Bannon.

The benefit to the host towns for this event is estimated at €2,567,000 per year but the last 12 months have been pretty exceptional for Cannonball.

It went to America for the first time in October as well as making headlines in Scotland, Wales and across the Continent with the excitement and spectacle that Cannonball is renowned for.

Bannon hopes to grow his event business in the US over the next 12 months and is also looking at new markets to bring supercar enthusiasts to Ireland to enjoy this very unique event.