This website contains information about some of the road races in the counties of Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Tipperary and Waterford in Munster, Ireland. For races in Cork, see the Running in Cork website which is the largest athletics website in Munster. That site also contains plenty of national and international news items as well.
The Clare County 4 mile road championships were held in Kilnaboy on Sunday the 15th of February 2015. The numbers taking part were pretty small with 35 men and just 17 women.
1 Keith Lynch B.M.O.H 21.12 2 Brendan O Grady Kil/Ibk Nth Clare 21.17 3 James Mc Intyre B.M.O.H 21.19 1 Imogen Cotter Ennis Track (A) 24.30 2 Becky Coughlan Ennis Track (A) 25.02 3 Michelle O Mahoney Kil/Ibk Nth Clare 26.40
County Intermediate Road Championships...Sunday 15th February 2015 in Galbally
Women’s Intermediate Race 1 Mary Louise Ryan Mooreabbey Milers 15.29 2 Siobhan McHugh Clonmel 15.30 3 Eileen McCullagh Thurles Crokes 15.38 Teams 1 Clonmel (2,6,10) 18 2 Mooreabbey (1,8,15) 24 3 Moyne (7,9,11) 27
Men’s Intermediate Race Place Name Club Time 1 Mike Cunningham Mooreabbey 28.04 2 John Fitzgibbon Thurles Crokes 28.20 3 Andrew Smyth Coolquill 28.30 Teams 1 Thurles Crokes (2,4,5,13) 24 2 Mooreabbey M (1,6,9,17) 33 3 Clonmel (7,15,20,21) 63
Kilmacthomas 5 Mile 2015...Organised by West Waterford AC
Men’s Prize Winners 1st Andrew Connick Ferrybank A/C 0:25:55 2nd Noel Murphy Waterford A/C 0:26:29 3rd Tony O Reilly Ballyroan/Abbeyleix 26.54 Age Categories O/40 Alan Ryan WWAC 29.20 O/45 Brendan Aspel WAC 31.26 O/50 Martin Hayes WWAC 31.02 O/55 Walter Keane WAC 30.43
Women’s Prize Winners 1st Grace Mc Connell Ballyroan/Abbeyleix 31.41 2nd Sally Forristal St Josephs 31.51 3rd Angela Mc Cann Clonmel A.C. 31.58 Age Categories O/35 Maeve Savage WAC 32.01 O/40 Corinna Walsh WWAC 32.21 O/45 Elaine Barry Tramore A.C. 37.12 O/50 Bernie Prendergast WWAC 40.11 J/F Aoife Hamilton WWAC 34.12
The full results can be seen HERE(Ignore the 2014 at the top of the results, they're for 2015)
Catching up on some results! This 10 mile race was held in Tralee on Sunday the 15th of February and it was I believe the second year of this particular race. A total of 437 people took part which is a good turnout but it was down 30% on the figures for 2014. Why the drop? Perhaps last year had a bit of the novelty factor in that it was a new race or maybe it's just a sign that there are so many races out there to choose from at the moment?
It would be pretty normal for most 10 mile races to have about 40% women. In this one last year, it was 56% and that reduced to 51% this year.
1 Donal O'CALLAGHAN 55:27 Senior (1) Male (1) 2 Micheal O REGAN 55:50 Senior (2) Male (2) 3 Declan POWER 56:06 Ages 40-44 (1) Male (3) 21 Anna Meria COSTELLOE 1:04:37 Senior (1) Female (1) 35 Caitriona BARRY 1:08:06 Ages 40-44 (1) Female (2) 38 Sharon CAHILL 1:09:25 Ages 50-54 (1) Female (3)
200 plus turned out for his 8k in Miltown Malbay on Sunday 22nd Feb 2015
1 26:51 JULIO CESAR F CASTRO, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare M 2 27:34 KEITH LYNCH, B. M. O. H. M 3 28:28 MICHEAL KELLY, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare M 1 31:09 SHARON RYNNE, Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare F 2 32:57 JACKIE O CONNOR, Ennis Track AC F 3 34:42 MARY CAHILL, Ennis Track AC F
This was the 3rd race of 4 in the Killarney Winter 5k series organised by Gneeveguilla AC.
First 3 men and women… 1 Tim O’Connor Snr M An Riocht AC 15:19 2 Simon Mangan Snr M Gneeveguilla AC 16:11 3 Robert Purcell Snr M45 Gneeveguilla AC 16:15 7 Maria McCarthy Snr F Farranfore Maine Valley AC 17:39 12 Niamh O’Sullivan F50 An Riocht AC 18:05 31 Caroline McCarthy F45 Unattached 20:05
Clonmel AC 4K Road Race Series sponsored by Barlo Motor Group
Race 5 Results
Place Athlete's Name 4kTime lap last lap
1 JOE FEERY 14:23 7:00 7:23
2 DECLAN CURLEY 14:58 7:29 7:29
3 KEITH O BRIEN 14:58 7:28 7:30 11 AINE ROCHE 15:52 7:47 8:06 14 SIOBHAN MCHUGH 16:09 8:04 8:05 33 YVONNE O CONNOR 17:23 8:43 8:41
From Clonmel AC.......The 5th race of the Clonmel AC 4k series, sponsored by the Barlo Motor Group took place in ideal conditions for running. Once again we had a very good entry of 122 athletes so far this series of races has attracted 228 athletes. Many of these athletes were competing in this series for the very first time and it was great to see the progress many of them have made over the 5 races to date. We have one more race of this series to go and that is next Wednesday night when the race will be run in aid of the Lourdes Pilgrimage Trust, a very worthy charity that takes approx 500 children with special needs to Lourdes for a week at Easter. So all monies donated at next Wednesday night’s race will go to this very worthy cause. It costs approx 1000 Euros to bring a child on this trip every year, so all monies collected will be deeply appreciated by this Trust.
Back to the race and the first three men were Joey Feery in 14 mins 23 secs, Declan Curley 14 mins 58 secs and Keith O Brien in 14 mins 58 secs. The top three women were Aine Roche 15 mins 52 secs, Siobhan McHugh 16 mins 9 secs and Yvonne O Connor 17 mins 23 secs. The results are based on your Chip time that is the time from when the athlete starts under the gantry to the time that they finished under the gantry. I see a few athletes started down the field at the start and then put in a great effort to pass as many athletes as possible and so it is their net time (Chip Time) that counts. The results also show the split times for each lap and it is rounded up to the nearest second. Once again, it was an ideal night for running and it was great to see many athletes improve on their PBs.
Once again we are very grateful to the Barlo Motor Group for sponsoring this year’s series and the grand prize of driving a new car for a week. We are also very grateful to the Brothers of Charity for the use of their carpark as race headquarters and to all the stewards who ensured that the whole event was a brilliant success.
183 runners took part in this 10k race in Limerick.
1 33:30 DONAGHER, Kevin Men 34 1 2 33:39 CESAR, Julio Kilmurry/Ibricken A C Men 105 2 3 33:50 FITZGERALD, Paul Limerick A C Men 65 3 1 38:39 HEHIR, Cushla Women 2 39:10 RYAN, Dymphna Dundrum A C Women 3 39:50 MC PHAIL, Ann Dooneen A C Women
Provisional Results for All Competitors in finish order. Race Race 1 0:34:08 JAKE O REGAN, St Johns A C M 27 1 2 0:34:22 NIALL SHANAHAN, Limerick M 4 2 3 0:36:21 DERMOT GALVIN, St Johns A C M 26 3 4 0:37:05 ALAN CONSIDINE, Cree M 39 4 5 0:43:13 CAOIMHIN DONNELLAN, Cooraclare M 66 5 6 0:43:15 MICHAEL REIDY , Kilkee M 6 6 7 0:43:30 NIGEL CARROLL, Cratloe M 18 7 8 0:43:40 STEPHEN CONNORS, Kilmihil M 63 8 9 0:43:42 MICHAEL KELLY, Cooraclare M 67 9 10 0:44:31 DEREK LYNCH, Limerick M 5 10 11 0:44:38 PAT MC MAHON, Cooraclare M 3 11 12 0:45:28 MARGARET FALSEY, Cree F 58 12 13 0:45:32 JOE CONSIDINE, Cree M 31 13 14 0:45:59 SEANIE BARRY, Kilnamona M 56 14 15 0:46:32 JOHN MC MAHON, Lissycasey M 2 15 16 0:47:02 STEPHAN O GOPRMAN, Cooraclare M 19 16 17 0:47:06 GEAROID LILLIS, Cooraclare Junior Men 8 17 18 0:47:07 SINEAD LILLIS, Cooraclare Junior Ladies 9 18 19 0:47:29 BRIAN KELLY, Cooraclare M 65 19 20 0:48:21 EOIN DALY, Cooraclare M 15 20 21 0:48:34 MAURA CLAHERTY, Galway F 30 21 22 0:48:35 KILLIAN GEANEY, Kilrush M 53 22 23 0:49:39 MAURA FALSEY, Kilmurry Ibrickane North Clare F 16 23 24 0:51:00 SINEAD KEOGH, Athenry A C F 43 24 25 0:51:05 JOHN ROCHE, St Johns A C M 25 25 26 0:51:30 GERARD MC INERNEY, Kilrush M 32 26 27 0:52:15 JOE KELLY, Cooraclare M 61 27 28 0:52:22 JOHN O CONNELL, Cooraclare M 47 28 29 0:52:26 SEAN O BRIEN, Cooraclare M 7 29 30 0:52:28 GERARD GROGAN, Cooraclare M 44 30 31 0:52:33 CONOR EGAN, Mullagh M 40 31 32 0:54:10 GERALDINE QUINN, Cooraclare Female Walkers 13 32 33 0:55:08 SARAH BREW, Ennis Track A.C. F 17 33 34 1:00:17 PAUDIE MESCALL, Cooraclare M 55 34
1 Matthew Collins U 19M Gneeveguilla AC 16:11 2 Tony Harty M 35 An Riocht Ac 16:16 3 Donal White M 35 Kerry Crusaders 16:20 6 Martina Kiely Snr F St. Finbarrs AC 17:21 20 Caroline McCarthy F 45 Unattached 20:04 30 Gillian O'Sullivan Snr F Star of the Laune AC 21:00
1 Power Trevor 26:35 5:19/M Top Fin Waterford AC 2 Murphy Noel 27:19 5:28/M Top Fin Waterford AC 3 Quinlan Frank 27:32 5:30/M Top Fin Waterford AC 12 Murray Orna 30:27 6:05/M Top Fin 30 Savage Meabh 32:51 6:34/M Top Fin wac 45 Behan Diane 34:08 6:49/M Top Fin Waterford AC
The annual Adare 10k road race is coming up on Sunday the 22nd of February 2015 at 1pm. Organised by West Limerick AC, this is always a popular race and attracts a large field of about 500-700 runners, way beyond the usual 200 or so most races get.
Entries........You can pre-enter online HERE for €16.50. You can also enter at the community hall on the Saturday between 3pm and 5pm and on the morning of the race for €20.
They are also giving out dry fit tops to the first 500 people who enter.
The 10k course starts and finishes in Adare and takes in a loop to to the north-west.
Fresh on the heels of the new parkrun in Tralee, it has just been announced that a new parkrun will be starting in Ennis in Co.Clare.
That brings the total number of 5k parkruns in Munster now to six. In the order of which they started, they are....
Cork...Macroom...18th May 2013
Cork...Clonakilty...1st Feb 2014
Cork...Bere Island...30th Aug 2014
Clare...Clarisford...25th Oct 2014
Kerry...Tralee...24th Jan 2015
Clare...Ennis...14th Mar 2015
The Ennis 5k parkrun will start in Lee's Road at 9:30am on the 14th of March. If anyone is interested in being a volunteer, then call Cathy on 0656865454 or email cathy@claresportspartnership.ie
They will be running an information evening on the 18th February in the West County Hotel at 8.15pm. People will be able to hear the experiences from the volunteers at Clarisford Park parkrun, in Killaloe.
Where next? Will we see more starting in Co.Cork in 2015?
Place Name 4kTime lap last lap Division 1 DECLAN CURLEY 14:57 7:18 7:40 SM 3 PAUDIE O KEEFFE 15:20 7:49 7:32 SM 4 BILLY MOLONEY 15:21 7:34 7:47 SM 2 CLAIRE ANNAN 15:11 7:35 7:37 SW 29 SUZANNE SHINE 17:12 8:31 8:42 SW 34 YVONNE O CONNOR 17:20 8:30 8:51 SW
Report from Clonmel AC....The 4th race of the Barlo Motor Group sponsored 4K took place in ideal conditions. Competition was very good with the top three athletes finishing as 1st Declan Curley 14:57, 2nd Claire Annan 15:11 and 3rd Paudie O Keeffe 15:20. The prize winners tonight were Mark Corcoran 10th in 15:44, Robert Dower 22nd in 16:44, Jimmy Lonergan 32nd in 17:18, Andy Moloney 50th in 18:53, Patrick O Gorman 60th in 19:44 and the winner of a new car for the week from the Barlo Motor Group, 70th Judy Newman 20:45, Barbara o Reilly 82nd 21:55, Thomas Shanahan 92nd 23:11, Paula Kennedy 105th in 24:43 and Jackie Hickey 110th in 25:29. The Club would like to thank the Brothers of Charity for the use of their carpark as our race headquarters and thanks to all our stewards who ensured that the whole event was a great success. On Wednesday 18th February we will have our 4K charity Run and this year the worthy Charity will be the Irish Pilgrimage Trust and this is a Charitable organisation who take approx 500 children with special needs to Lourdes for a week at Easter, a very worthy cause and well worth supporting on Wednesday 18th February as all monies donated on that night will go to this worthy cause.
Photo shows Gillian Prendergast getting to use a brand new Ford Mondeo for a week. She was the lucky winner of the use of a new car in the 3rd race of the 4k Series sponsored by Barlo Motor Group. Photo include: Ivan Barlow, Frank Lynch (Clonmel AC Chairman) & winner Gillian Prendergast.
The Tipperary County Novice Road Championships were held in Moyne on Sunday the 1st of February 2015
left to right – Phil Ryan Ballynonty AC, Linda Grogan Dundrum AC and Eileen McCullough Thurles Crokes AC
The men's race was on a 6km course...
1 Willie O'Dwyer Dundrum A C 20:08
2 Aaran O Donnell Carrick On Suir A C 20:25
3 Liam Shanahan Thurles Crokes A C 20:29
The womens race was on a shorter 3km course
Pos Athlete’s Name Club Mins Secs
1 Linda Grogan Dundrum AC 11:16
2 Eileen McCullough Thurles Crokes AC 11:30
3 Phil Ryan Ballynonty AC 11:52
1569 runners took part in this years Dungarvan 10 mile road race in West Waterford. Conditions were nearly perfect....blue skies and sunshine although a bit on the cold side with the temperature not too far above zero.
1st Man Mick Clohessy – Raheny Shamrocks 48:45
2nd Man Mark Hanrahan – Leevale AC 48:52
3rd Man Sean Hehir – Rathfarnhan AC 49:09
4th Man Gary Thornton – Galway AC 49:36
5th Man James McCarthy – East Cork AC 51:35
6th Man John Frazer – Crusaders AC 51:56 1st Siobhan O’Doherty – Borrisokane AC 58:00 2nd AnnMarie Holland – St.Finbarrs 1:01:50 3rd Ann Curley – Donore Harriers 1:02:27 4th Maria Costelloe – Gneeveguilla 1:02:38 5th Adele Walsh – St Senans 1:04:44 6th Angela McCann – Clonmel AC 1:05:27
Prize winners Photos...(Updated Mon 4pm) 1) Kieran Minihane has a gallery HERE 2) Derek Costello of Eagle AC has a large gallery HERE 3) Gearóid Ó Laoi has a small gallery HERE 4) Joe Murphy of Eagle AC has a gallery HERE
Facebook galleries....Account required to view...
1) Pat Burke has an album HERE
2) John Coleman has a gallery HERE
3) DC Images has a gallery HERE
Near the 1km mark (mute the music! :o))
From West Waterford AC......For the first year this year we donated monies from the race to a charity. SERT. "South East Radiotherapy Trust" was the chosen charity and we were delighted that you the runners through your generous donated €2000 to this most worthy charity who do great work transporting cancer patients and others to and from hospital for treatment .
On behalf of SERT Liz Walsh came along on Sunday and was presented with the cheque by John Treacy on behalf of all the runners who donated to the cause.
1) Munster Indoors....These were held in Nenagh on the 23rd of January. Updated results. Munster Athletics are now conducting an online survey on how to improve their indoor competitions. You can see the survey HERE
2) Courses & workshops....An updated list for the South-West of Ireland can now be found HERE
3) Championship races....An updated list of all Championship races in Munster can be seen HERE
4) Munster Star Award Winners 2014.....This was held in Blarney on Sat 31st Jan 2015.
The full list can be seen HERE & Photos HERE
