Notice: Coillte 10k road race, Dundrum, Tipperary - Wed 1st July 2026

This popular 10k race in coming up in the village of Dundrum, Co.Tipperary on Wednesday the 1st of July 2026. In terms of fast 10k courses, this must surely be one of the fastest in Munster if not the country.

ENTRIES - You can enter online HERE

From Dundrum AC... "Wednesday the 1st of July at 8pm the Coillte 10k Road Race in Dundrum Co Tipperary will be run for the 41st consecutive year by the local Dundrum Club. The race which started as part of a long local weekend festival which was so popular back in the eighties is still going strong

41 years later.

This year’s official race starter is Michael Guinan. Michael has been involved in athletics all

his life and managed many Irish teams over the years on the international scene. He was also

involved in setting up the very successful St Catherines club in Killenaule and during that time

would have brought National Senior Cross Country and Road Races to Tipperary. He is still

going strong keeping us all informed of the local and international athletics news on his

weekly athletics slot every Saturday morning on Tipperary Mid-West Radio.

Race HQ is Dundrum Community Hall Eircode E34 EY28 where the club has its athletic facilities.

Race numbers can be collected there on the evening of the race. There is also the special

Embroidered Souvenir Hand Towel for all online entrants to be collected with race number

from 6pm on the evening of the race The race HQ is only 200 metres from the start and finish

lines.

The race also incorporates a 5K for juniors (age between 13 years old on day of race and 19

years or under on 31/12/2026) one lap ran with the 10k two lap race. Headquarters for the race

is the Dundrum Community Hall Centre Complex E34 EY28 in the village where the club has

its athletics facilities. The race has prizes in every category from Senior to over 70 years for

both men and women. With the Master categories at the standard five-year intervals from

Over 40 years plus. For Tipperary athletes there is the added incentive of Tim Crowe

Memorial trophy (kindly donated by Dominic Moore) for the first Tipperary athlete to finish

the 10k.The present holder is Brendan Neary Moycarkey Coolcroo athletic club.

The club is delighted to have Coillte once again as our main sponsor. Dundrum is surrounded

by trees and forest trails for running and walking developed by Coillte over the years. It is

appropriate that Coillte are involved with us in the healthy sport of running. The Company’s

managed forest trails around Dundrum and indeed around the Country are a haven for people to

get out for a bit of fresh air and exercise. The semi-state company has been involved in this race

every year since it was set up in 1988, which is appreciated by the Dundrum club.

This year the club has linked up with Ronan Wogan’s My Run Results for entries and result

data to manage the ever-increasing number of runners every year. 

Entries are online via the link https://eventmaster.ie/event/m5VdsyVFM8

Niamh O'Mahony from the Riocht athletic club in County Kerry promoting this year's Coillte 10k road race.The US based student has been first and fourth in the last two Coillte 10k's

The club would appreciate it if participants could enter at least a week or two before the race date. Early entry gives the organizers an idea of the number of embroidered dated towels required, plus the food requirements for the big spread afterwards. Also, it is a big help to Ronan for him to get to

work on his system early.

The planned village of Dundrum from the old Estate era and the two-lap course make it ideal

for spectators to view the race and encourage the athletes as the race progresses. One section

of the course in the village allows viewing of the race at four different stages by moving about

one hundred meters.

The race will be run over the usual flat two lap circuit with the lap consisting of a series of

five straights where one or two records are broken every year. Tanzanian international Daniel

Gidumbanda incredible time of 29:45 course record for the 10k has stood since 1997 which is

now well over a quarter of a century ago. 

Irish Olympian Lizzie Lee Leevale smashed the women’s course record in 2021 when running a super 33:45 for the classic distance.

Four national records have been set on the course over the years two of which have yet to be

broken they been Angela McCann Clonmel super run and time of 37:21 in 2021 which set a

National Irish Record for Over 50 women. Joe Gough West Waterford who ran a super 41:10

in 2023 to set a National Irish Record for Over 70 men. A tremendous achievement by the two athletes and confirmation of the two-lap circuit been a fast course.

For the record, the following are the course record holders over the Dundrum course.

Senior Men Daniel Gidumbanda Tanzania 1997 29:45, O/40 Men Michael Harty East Cork

30:13 2022. O/45 Men Kieran McKeown Watergrasshill 33:39 2021, O/50 Men Vivian Foley

Eagle 2023 32: 58, O/55 Men Michael Hassett St Catherines 2015 35:51, O/60 Men Fintan Rice

Fethard 2025 37:17, O/65 Men Joe Gough West Waterford 2022 39:12, O/70 Men Joe Gough

West Waterford 2023 41:10 National Record. Junior Men 5k Luke Purcell Nenagh Olympic 2023

14:53, Wheelchair Cillian Dunne Borrisokane 2019 28:20.

Senior Women Lizzie Lee, Leevale 2021 33:45, O/40 Women Lizzie Lee, Leevale 2021

33:45, O/45 Women Rosaleen Mackeown Leevale 2021 38:56, O/50 Women Angela McCann

Clonmel 2021 37:21 National Record. O/55 Women Dorothy Ryan Country Club 2016 45:01,

O/60 Women Kathleen Cronin Mallow 2022 47:06, O/65 Women Sally Jeyes 2018 Ivanhoe

56:47, Junior Women 5k Niamh Cunneen Nenagh Olympic 2022 18:28,

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Dundrum is a small village just 9 miles / 15kms or so west of Cashel in the south of Tipperary...

Organised by Dundrum Athletic Club, this race is noted for being a flat fast course. As well of there being no hills, the course consists of multiple long straight sections rather than the more usual twists and turns. I've previewed many courses on this site but this one is really fast.

The map below shows where everything is. For spectators...note the points A, B and C. If you move between these points which are just over 100m apart you can see the athletes at approx. 0.25miles , 2.4miles, 3.2miles and again at 5.4miles.

Course Preview......The 10k course is essentially two laps of a 5k loop. A full preview of the course with maps, description, photos, etc can be seen HERE

Many races have different traditions. Some give out t-shirts, some mugs. In the case of the Coillte 10k, they give out a quality embroidered hand towel which is collected with Race Number on the night.

The Tim Crowe Trophy is presented on the night to the first Tipperary Athlete in honour of his 24 national titles won in the early 1900s, who was from the village of Dundrum.

There is also a large spread of refreshments after race.

Useful links...
Updates on club Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DundrumAthleticClub

and on the club Twitter page https://twitter.com/DundrumAC

Course Record Holders

Senior Men Daniel Gidumbanda Tanzania 1997 29:45

O/40 Men Michael Harty East Cork 2022  30:13

O/45 Men Kieran McKeown Watergrasshill 2021 33:39

O/50 Men Vivian Foley Eagle AC 2023 32:58

O/55 Men Michael Hassett St Catherines 2015 35:51

O/60 Men Fintan Rice Fethard 2025 37:17

O/65 Men  Joe Gough West Waterford 2022 39:12 (National record)

O/70 Men  Joe Gough West Waterford AC 2023 41:40

Wheelchair  Cillian Dunne Borrisokane 2019 28:20

Junior Men 5k Luke Purcell Nenagh Olympic 2023 14:53

Senior Women Lizzie Lee Leevale 2021 33:45

O/40 Women Lizzie Lee Leevale 2021 33:45

O/45 Women Rosaleen Mackeown Leevale 2021 38:56

O/50 Women Angela McCann Clonmel 2021 37:21 (National record)

O/55 Women Dorothy Ryan Country Club 2016 45:01

O/60 Women Kathleen Cronin Mallow 2022 47:06

O/65 Women  Sally Jeyes Ivanhoe 2018 56:47

Junior Women 5k Niamh Cunneen Nenagh Olympic 2022 18:28

5 Fastest Athletes

Male

29:45 Daniel Gidumbanda  Tanzania 1997

30:13 Michael Harty East Cork AC 2022

30:14 William Maunsell Clonmel AC 2024

30:19 Sergiu Ciobanu Clonliffe Harriers AC 2021

30:26 Evan Fitzgerald Clonmel AC 2022

Female
33:45 Lizzie Lee Leevale AC 2021

33:57 Sinead O'Connor Leevale AC 2022

34:05 Mary Mulhare Portlaoise AC 2023

34:28 Rosemary Ryan Bilboa 2003
34:43 Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane 2010

List of Previous Winners
1986 John O'Halloran Tipp Town // Kathleen Maher Ballytrasna,
1987 John Fitzgerald Clonmel // Mary Lonergan Reenavana,
1988 Toddy Finn Raheny Shamrocks // Kay O'Sullivan Upperchurch,
1989 Bernard Feery Clonmel // Martina Dorney Thurles Crokes,
1990 Robert Costello Limerick // Kay O'Sullivan Upperchurch,
1991 Michael Hassett Thurles Crokes // Mary Sheehan East Cork,
1992 Robert Costello Limerick // Mary Sheehan East Cork,
1993 Michael Hassett St. Catherines // Mary Sheehan East Cork,
1994 Michael Hassett St. Catherines // Gaile Culleton Thurles Crokes,
1995 Michael Hassett St. Catherines // Marcella Moloney Tullamore Harriers,
1996 Michael Hassett St. Catherines // Siobhan McCormack Emerald A.C.,
1997 Daniel Gidumbanda Tanzania // Mary Sheehan Grange Fermoy,
1998 Michae1 Hassett St. Catherines // Mary Sheehan East Cork,
1999 Colm Burke St. Abbans // Mary Sheehan Grange Fermoy,
2000 William Harty K.C.K // Mary Sheehan Grange Fermoy,
2001 Robert Wade Waterford A.C // Mary Sheehan Grange Fermoy,
2002 Pat Byrne Tinryland // Mary Sheehan Grange Fermoy,
2003 Tom Carey Limerick A.C // Rosemary Ryan Bilboa,
2004 Mick Kelly Gowran A.C // Siobhan O'Doherty Borrisokane,
2005 Sandis Bralitis Ballynonty A.C // Siobhan O'Doherty Borrisokane,
2006 Tom Carey Limerick A.C // Rosemary Ryan Bilboa,
2007 Dermot Kearns West Limerick // Madeline Dorney Thurles Crokes,
2008 Jason Fahey Olympic Harriers // Rosemary Ryan Bilboa,
2009 Tommy Evans Gowran // Siobhan O'Doherty Borrisokane,
2010 Seamus Power Kilmurray Ibrickane // Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane,
2011 Kenneth Rogers St John’s // Rosemary Ryan Bilboa,
2012 Michael Shannon Kilnaboy // Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane,
2013 Chris Bracken Thurles Crokes // Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane.
2014 Kevin Moore Dundrum // Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane.
2015 Stephen Hunter St. Michaels // Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane.
2016 Declan Moore Bilboa AC // Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane.
2017 David Mansfield Clonliffe Harriers // Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane.
2018 Freddy Keron Sittuk Kenya // Siobhan O’Doherty Borrisokane.

2019 David Mansfield Clonmel AC // Siobhan O'Doherty Borrisokane AC

2020 Kevin Moore Dundrum AC // Dymphna Ryan Dundrum AC (Virtual)

2021 Sergiu Ciobanu Clonliffe Harriers AC  // Lizzie Lee Leevale AC

2022 Michael Harty East Cork AC // Sinead O'Connor Leevale AC

2023 Kevin Moore Dundrum AC // Mary Mulhare Portlaoise AC

2024 William Maunsell Clonmel // Niamh O’Mahoney An Riocht.

2025 Karl Fitzmaurice, Shannon // Sinead O'Connor Leevale

Guest Post: ‘I SUPPOSE YOU’VE NOT BEEN TO DROMCOLLOGHER?’ ...by John Walshe

The annual Dromcollogher 4-mile road race has a long history and it was held on Monday the 22nd of June 2026. The full results are shown below John Walshe's report.

 ‘I SUPPOSE YOU’VE NOT BEEN TO DROMCOLLOGHER?’ ... By John Walshe

The songs of Percy French (1854-1920) are still fondly remembered, especially such ditties as ‘Are You Right There, Michael’, ‘The Mountains of Mourne’ and ‘Phil The Fluther’s Ball’. Another of the Roscommon-born compositions celebrated the town of Dromcollogher, with one of the lines going ‘I Suppose You’ve Not Been To Dromcollogher?’

Well, for this writer its all of 48 years since his first ‘Been To Dromcollogher’, making the trip on that occasion in the company of Midleton club-mate Liam O’Brien. This was probably the first edition of the now long-standing road race, which over the years has attained a certain allure which somehow attracts one back year after year.

The previous day in 1978 Liam had won the first of his 11 national 3000m steeplechase titles and no doubt it was out of loyalty to Fr Liam Kelleher (who had moved from Midleton to Tullylease the previous autumn) that he traveled in support of this new event.

The race was founded by local shopkeeper Christy Brosnan, along with Joe Quaid of the North Cork club, which Fr Kelleher had founded. The course then was one complete lap with the finish in the main square making the distance around four-and-a-quarter miles. Now, it’s a measured four-miler.

Two things mark out this race as unique. One, it always takes place on a Monday evening, and secondly its part of an annual carnival which is one of the oldest in the country, having commenced back in the 1940s. Along with Liam O’Brien, over the years such well-known names such as John Lenihan, John Griffin, Desmond O’Connor and Lizzie Lee have graced these roads around Dromcollogher.

The race headquarters are now in the excellent Dromcollogher-Broadford GAA complex adjacent to the start. In a throwback to the past, there is no chip timing. Just the efficient Racemaster result system operated by Clare couple James and Sally Sexton. Entry fee was only €10 with a fine array of prizes presented in a variety of categories in the local hall afterwards.

Despite the 8pm start, the sun was still high in the sky on one of the warmest days of the year as the 100 or so runners lined up with the first mile straight out the Newcastle West road. The humid conditions certainly didn’t hinder winner Karl Fitzmaurice as he took command from the start, going on to cross the line in 19:56 which was not too far outside Sean Doyle’s course record of 19:38.

Winner Karl Fitzmaurice receiving the Christy Brosnan Memorial Cup from Dan Horan

A member of Shannon AC, Fitzmaurice is a former scholarship attendee at McNeese State University in Louisiana. He has a 10,000m best of 30:45.23 and last November notched up a significant victory when winning the Brooklyn Half-Marathon in a time of 70:59.

It was a similar name that dominated the women’s race as Carol Finn made it three wins in a row – and six victories in all – when coming home in sixth place overall with her time of 24:54.

Local man Eugene Noonan is now the main organiser, with help from West Limerick AC. Amongst those representing the club on the night were two great stalwarts of the sport, Mike MacDomhnaill – who won the race in 1985 - and Seamus Cawley.

Mike, along with his wife Carmel, has been the mainstay of athletics in the region for many years. Their daughter, Sorcha, was a member of the Irish team (along with Niamh Allen and Fiona Everard) that finished second at the recent European 10,000m Cup in Italy.

Carol Finn receiving her prize from Dan Horan

Seamus Cawley has also etched his place in running folklore as one of only nine runners to have completed every Dublin Marathon since the event commenced in 1980.

Percy French’s tribute and the long-running carnival and road race are two of the happiest occurrences associated with Dromcollogher. But there is also sadly a heartbreaking story which will be commemorated this coming September, 100 years after its tragic occurrence.

On September 5th, 1926, 48 people – many of them children - died when a candle ignited a highly flammable nitrate film in an upstairs cinema in the town. It wiped out a tenth of Dromcollogher's population and remains one of the deadliest fires in Irish history.

The 48 lives lost that night constituted the worst single disaster in the new Irish state until the fire at Whiddy Island in Bantry in 1979, in which 50 people died. Two years later, 48 people also perished in the Stardust tragedy in Dublin.

A national commemorative postage stamp will be issued in September, featuring an image of a funeral procession through Dromcollogher as part of the commemorations. The full story of that ill-fated night can be currently seen on the Echo Live website – https://www.echolive.ie/nostalgia/arid-41865438.html - written by John Dolan.

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Dromcolligher  Co Limerick 4 mile 2026 Monday 22 June 2026. 8:00 pm
Results
 1 0:19:56 KARL FITZMAURICE,  Shannon A. C M 25 1
 2 0:21:40 ALAN MC CUTCHEON,  Dooneen A.C M 24 2
 3 0:22:17 KARL LENIHAN,  West Limerick A. C. M O/45 14 3
 4 0:23:35 SEAN MC AULIFFE,  West Limerick A. C. M O/40 44 4
 5 0:24:13 FRANK O REGAN,  West Limerick A. C. M O/40 42 5
 6 0:24:54 CAROL FINN,  Leevale A.C F 50 6
 7 0:25:08 KAROC DOWNEY,  West Limerick A. C. M O/45 48 7
 8 0:25:30 CORMAC DOWNES,  West Limerick A. C. M 10 8
 9 0:25:50 RYAN MORRISSEY,  Newcastlewest M O/40 91 9
 10 0:26:17 SINEAD MC DERMOTT,  Dooneen A.C F 90 10

Notice: Dromcollogher Carnival 4 mile road race, Co.Limerick - Mon 22nd June 2026

The annual Dromcollogher Carnival 4 mile road race is coming up this year on Monday the 22nd of June 2026 at 8pm.

You can pre-enter online HERE

You can also enter on the night (€10 for runners and €5 for walkers).

As a race, it may not be as high profile as say those located closer to say Limerick or Cork City but it is an event with a lot of character and a long history. The race was originally started back in the time of the original running boom in the late 70's and early 80's by Christy Brosnan and Joe Quaid of North Cork AC. The original idea was for it to be part of the Dromcollogher Carnival which has been going since the 1940's and for the race to take place on Monday evening, a tradition that survives to this day.

In it's heyday, the race used to attract some of the top runners from all over Munster even though the prizes were always modest in comparison to other races at the time. On one occasion, Liam O'Brien from Cork won the race the day after winning the National 3000m steeplechase title! The triangle shaped course started and finished in the main square of the town much to the delight of the crowds. This did however mean that the race was in fact 'slightly' longer than the advertised 4 miles ;o)

One of the other unusual features of the race at the time was that the winner received a small porcelain figurine. One of the biggest employers at that time in the town was Irish Dresden, a German company which made high quality collectable porcelain items in the town which employed over 60 people, a huge number in what was and still is a rural area.

West Limerick AC are helping out with the organisation of the race and they are putting up a cup in memory of Christy Brosnan who unfortunately has now passed away. This replaces the old cup which was named after Marky O'Shea who used to run in the local races of the late 70's and early 80's barefoot, a long time before minimalist running and Vibram Five Fingers became all the rage ;o)

Getting there.....Dromcollogher is located to the west of Charleville near the Limerick - Cork border. If you are coming from say Limerick city then the easiest way is probably to head south towards Cork and turn off at Charleville and follow the directions for Newtownshandrum, Milford and Dromcollogher. If you are travelling north from Cork then turn off at Buttevant and go via Liscarroll.

As you enter the town from the east then you should see that the road forks into two where the central square is. Take the right here, drive a few hundred metres on what is a very straight road and you will pass the start line just opposite a service station. The GAA hall where the entries will be taken is just beyond this on the left.

Course Preview.......A full preview of the course with maps, directions, photos, etc can be seen HERE