The13 year old phenomenon that is the Pieta Darkness into Light fundraiser was first held in the Phoenix Park in Dublin with 400 people in attendance. The most recent attendance figures have soared to an estimated 150,000 participants at more than 150 locations throughout the country. Now add Castleisland. Darkness into Light is coming to…
An Ríocht Athletic Club members, Maurice O’Connor and Larry Hickey ran the Limerick Half Marathon earlier in the year in memory of Maurice’s father, the late Mick Parick O’Connor of Scartaglin. The two friends and running partners along with Larry’s wife, Marie are familiar figures around the roads of Castleisland in training or serious competition…
Castleisland native, Maurice O’Connor left home for New York as a teenager in 1994. He still has strong connections and roots here and in the Firies area. Running is Maurice’s thing and, when he planned to run in a race in Lima in Peru, a couple of things came together to help him decide to…
There was a sense of Spring in the Air this morning at the now launched Castleisland Members’ Golf Club. Historic captains, Domhnall de Barra, Catherine Horan and junior club captain, David O’Donoghue conducted their drive-in with an air of new beginnings, fresh growth and yes, a spring in their step. It has been a long,…
A crowd of 200 plus – according to early estimates – showed up at An Riocht AC last evening for the ‘Summer Season’ of fitness and well-being. Some were there to continue and step up on their already gained Couch-to-5K fitness levels. Others because of the new and more leisurely but business-like, Walkers’ Club. Both…
