Noel Henry, a tireless promoter of distance running, finally left us last week after a long and brave battle with debilitating illness. In his young days, Noel was an an Irish marathon champion, a staunch member of Clonliffe Harriers and a huge supporter of women’s athletics; he would later write a short history of Irish […]
Newly crowned Dublin masters cross-country champion John Dunne of Raheny Shamrock added the Leinster title to his collection in Dunboyne today. Winning the women’s title was Tullamore’s Pauline Curley. The top three in the men’s race were resuming battle after the Dublin Championships only a week earlier in St Anne’s Park, when Shane O’Neil of […]
About 35 schools turned out for the East Leinster Schools Cross-Country hosted by Blackrock College – and mercifully the rain disappeared after the minor races. Highlights included a win for James Maguire in the boys’ inter race, solid victories for Niamh Ni Chiara and Sarah Healy in the inter and junior girls races, and […]
On a chilly night in December 1963, a group of women wearing an assortment of loose clothing assembled outside the Trinity grounds on Santry Avenue for a 600 yard race. Ireland and indeed Dublin was a very different places back then. Santry, where Billy Morton had built his dream stadium, was on the outskirts of […]
Brian Maher and Maria McCambridge lead a Marathon Mission squad at Sunday’s Rotterdam Marathon – the start of a hectic period of spring marathons in big cities all over the world. Also competing in Rotterdam are Joe McAllister in the men’s race along with a trio of women – Ailish Malone of Clonliffe, the only […]
Lady Icarus – new edition
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Simms book – launch November 7
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