The victim from the Clare Stages Rally has been named as 37-year-old Damien Fleming from Kilcummin, Co Kerry. Mr Fleming was a passenger in one of the vehicles involved. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body has been removed from the scene to University Hospital Limerick where an autopsy will take place in due course.
The driver of the second car was taken to University Hospital Limerick with non-life-threatening injuries. The second driver and passenger, both males were uninjured. The event was immediately halted while emergency services rushed to the scene.
He was the Co-Driver to Nigel Creagh in a Ford MK2 Escort.
The circumstances of the tragedy are now under investigation and the section of road is not expected to reopen until tomorrow when Garda Forensic Collision Investigators will conduct an examination of the scene.
Both the organisers of the event, Clare Motor Club and the gardaí confirmed the crash before Motorsport Ireland later issued a statement saying a competitor had died.
