1/10th off-road is enjoying a boom in N.Ireland atm - attendances in the two regular clubs are up, and there are some travelling to Dublin to race at the Naul, so you're maybe looking at 50-60 active or semi-active racers, with BRCA membership and a recently used 1/10th buggy. None of them are attending the three meetings in the opening post because they're a) not important enough and b) too far away and thus c) too costly (luggage limits are a killer these days).
You'd easily have the same again in the Rep. of Ireland, most of whom attend Dublin MCC, and some of whom have BRCA membership for competing in regionals (N. Ireland is having regionals this year for the first time in a long time) and nationals. I don't think any of those went to these meetings either.
It would be a niche hobby in Ireland, due to thin population and thus increased travel requirements and lack of facilities (clubs need a critical mass of regulars to survive), so don't extrapolate 100 racers for 6 million people to 1000 racer for 60 million in the UK.
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