The four times winner is aiming to join Stephen Murphy in the record books as a five-times Wexford champion in the mid-September event.

Boland will be partnered by Damien Morrissey in his S7 Subaru World Rally Car.

Other high-seeded front-runners see British drivers coming to the fore in the first Wexford rally open to international fields since September 2000.

Hereford's John Price, Nottingham's Pete Doughty, Steve Hendy from Dorset and Welshman Bob Fowden head the overseas challenge, with Tom Holton, Aaron McHale, Kieran Molloy and Willie Carroll leading the rest of the home challenge.

Jimmy Lambert's Escort will also be one to watch for, as the Tipperary man aims to add the Dick Bailey crown to his success in Wexford last Christmas.

The start list in full can be found HERE.