Rosemary Smith, fearless Irish rally driver and role model for women in the sport – obituary

Rosemary Smith, who has died aged 86, was one of Ireland’s best-known motor-sport drivers of the 20th century, blazing a trail in a heavily male-dominated sport; in 1965, at the wheel of a Hillman Imp, she became the only woman to win the Tulip Rally in the Netherlands.

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