Redmond Gallagher

Redmond Gallagher (born February 27th, 1914 in Dunwiley, County Donegal, died October 31st, 2006 in Sagra, Spain) was an Irish racing driver and businessman.

The son of the founders of the Urney Chocolate company - Gallagher developed a passion for motorsport from an early age, becoming a steward at domestic race meetings during his teens and visiting races in Germany whilst on business. After World War Two, Gallagher began racing a self-built car in Irish speed events and later moving to a Gordini for races in Britain and France.

By the 1950s, Gallagher had established himself as a trusted hand at the wheel which eventually led to him joining the Formula One World Championship in 1956 with the Alexander Racing Team. Gallagher raced for the team for the next two seasons on and off to relatively little success before jumping between a number of teams in 1958. Gallagher began his season at O.S.C.A. before joining Scuderia Centro-Sud at the Dutch Grand Prix - where he'd take his first points finish with a sixth place. He'd join Rob Walker Racing for the British Grand Prix before returning to Centro-Sud for the remainder of his schedule.

In his later years, Gallagher moved to Spain to see out his retirement - becoming a valued member of the community in the town of Sagra, even being made a honorary son of the town by the mayor in 2002.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1956	Alexander Racing Team-Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G/258A 2.5 L8	MON	FRA	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL 8	SCO Ret					NC	0
		Gordini G-953	Gordini ART-004 3.0 V6								GBR DSQ	ITA	THA
1957	Alexander Racing Team-Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G/258A 2.5 L8	MAR	MON	FRA	BEL	NED	IRL Ret	GBR Ret	GER				NC	0
	Alexander Racing Team	Alfa Romeo AR161	Alfa Romeo AR2V8 1.5 V8									ITA DNQ	ESP	USA
1958	Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili	O.S.C.A F158	O.S.C.A 1558 1.5 L4s	AUS	MON Ret	FRA WD									27th	1
	Scuderia Centro Sud						NED 6	BEL 12	GER Ret		POR Ret	ITA Ret	MAR 9	USA
	Rob Walker Racing	O.S.C.A F156A								GBR DNQ

* denotes season still in progress