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Drifting’s popularity is soaring – and its three biggest stars come from a tiny part of Ireland

James Deane, Jack Shanahan and Conor Shanahan are battling each other for the sport’s top titles

By Hannah Kate Costello
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#2402
First seen
24 Aug 2026, 17:10 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 10:12 UTC
Version history
2 versions
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cc0df0641a08...856b90
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Recorded article metadata

Image URL supplied by The Irish Times.
Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 16:56 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Hannah Kate Costello
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Source-supplied excerpt
James Deane, Jack Shanahan and Conor Shanahan are battling each other for the sport’s top titles
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    Drifting’s popularity is soaring – and its three biggest stars come from a tiny part of Ireland

    James Deane, Jack Shanahan and Conor Shanahan are battling each other for the sport’s top titles

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    Drifting’s popularity is soaring – and its three biggest stars come from a tiny part of Cork

    James Deane, Jack Shanahan and Conor Shanahan are battling each other for the sport’s top titles

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Capture ID
#2094
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 18:55 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
775,684 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
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metadata and excerpt
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