'Kirkistown Race Circuit is located near the bottom of the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. Today, Kirkistown is the only club-owned and operated circuit in the British Isles. In recent years a development programme has resulted in a new Clubhouse, pit garages, a scrutineering bay and a new Paddock toilet block with showers and a dedicated room for marshals...many ex-Formula One drivers also cut their racing teeth on [ Kirkistown’ s] track. These include local men Eddie Irvine, John Watson, Martin Donnelly, Damien Magee and Kenny Acheson; Dubliners Derek Daly, Bernard Devaney, David Kennedy, Michael Roe and a certain Eddie Jordan also appeared regularly at Kirkistown during their formative years'.