Rory Galligan
Irish rally driver
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| Intro | Irish rally driver | |
| Places | Ireland | |
| was | Racecar driver | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 1973 | |
| Death | 2012 (aged 39 years) |
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Rory Galligan (1973–2012) was a rally car driver from Oldcastle, Ireland who retired from the sport in 2006 because of a diagnosis of Motor Neuron Disease, dying on 21 May 2012.
He began to race in 1993 but was most successful in the late 1990s in a Peugeot 205, moving to the Mitsubushi works team in 2005.
After retiring, Galligan taught road safety to new drivers.