Raheny’s Mick Clohisey finished tenth in this morning’s Seville Marathon with his time of 2:15. 11 moving him into second on the list for Rio ’16. It’s very tight – Kevin Seaward on 2:14.52 tops the list followed by Clohisey 2:15.11, Sergiu Ciobanu 2:15.15 and Paul Pollock 2:15.39. So just 47 secs separate the top […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey and Mary Cullen of North Sligo were the winners of the AXA Raheny 5-Mile held in blustery conditions over a course that was slightly altered due to road works on the coast road in Clontarf. Although he was slower than his best, Clohisey’s winning time of 24 mins 5 secs putting him […]
Raheny’s Mick Clohisey and Mary Cullen of North Sligo were the winners of the AXA Raheny 5-Mile held in blustery conditions today. Both had clear wins with Clohisey’s time of 24 mins 5 secs putting him almost half a minute clear of Scott Rankin from Foyle Valley and Mary Cullen finishing in 26 mins 16 […]
Anna Sadowska of Civil Service Harriers was a surprise winner of the women’s race at the Glo Health National Masters Cross-Country held on a soggy course at Dundalk IT. Sadowska, who finished second in the Dublin championships a few weeks ago, tucked in behind early leaders Pauline Curley of Tullamore and Raheny’s Annette Kealy while […]
From Herald Wednesday 13 January After her fighting second at the Great Edinburgh Cross, Fionnuala McCormack leads the Irish entry at Saturday’s Antrim International Cross Country at Greenmount, where she faces a re-match with Kate Avery the British athlete who beat her last weekend in Edinburgh. McCormack, who has won the race twice in the […]
Mary Cullen of North Sligo set a new women’s course record of 15 mins 45 secs when finishing first woman and fourth overall at the Finn Valley Stephen’s Day 5km in Stranorlar, Co Donegal. Leading home the 600-odd finishers was Kilkenny’s Thomas Hayes in 15 mins 9 secs. David Scanlon of Rathfarnham WSAF was second […]
Fionnuala McCormack of Kilcoole finished a fighting fourth in the Spar European Cross-Country Championships in Hyeres. With Leevale’s Lizzie Lee running a wonderfully consistent race to finish 13th, Caroline Crowley, a brilliant 23rd, Ciara Durkan 43rd, and the backing of Michele Finn and Kerry O’Flaherty, the team ended up with 83 points. That put them […]
STOP Press:These standards now approved by the Olympic Council of Ireland. A total of 17 changes to entry standards for the track and field programme by the IAAF means that the number of Irish qualifiers for the Rio Olympics has ballooned. Most notably, the men’s and women’s marathon times have changed from 2:42:00 to 2:45:00 […]
Fionnuala McCormack and Mick Clohisey were the star turns at the Glo Health National Interclub Cross-Country in Santry on a new pre-Christmas date which saw cross-country return to its former glory days. In the women’s 8km, Kilcoole’s McCormack took over in front on the second lap and after that the battle was on for the […]
After two second places in recent years, Raheny’s Mick Clohisey won his first Dublin senior title at the Dublin Cross-Country Championships in Tymon Park. In balmy conditions, Brandon Hargreaves of DSD took the early lead, with Clohisey, his Raheny team mate Freddy Sittuk and Clonliffe’s Sergiu Ciobanu in close attendance. Not far behind was former […]
Lady Icarus – new edition
Want to Explore Herbert Simms’ Dublin?
Simms book – launch November 7
“Lady Icarus” – sold out! As are the Markievicz books!
Cork – “the most comfortable jail”
Keith S: Excellen blog , thanks for the effort/info here.Be...
LindieNaughton: Have corrected in the copy....
Anonymous: Barbara Sanchez coach is Sebastian Lochteau now...
Anonymous: I knew Joe through his being part of the Cabra Lio...
Anonymous: I knew Joe through his being part of the Cabra Lio...
