As the athletes were converging on Castleisland’s Limerick Road from all sides – except Farranfore – an angry old sky growled frequently and loudly. Its empty retching produced far less rain than its appearance promised. Thunder Rumbled Even as the participants in the seventh annual Humphrey Murphy Memorial 10km and 5km road race limbered up…
If you instantly cop the link between: Paddy White, Nora Fealey, Thomas ‘Harry’ Callaghan, Aisling O’Connell, Michelle Reidy, Emma Sweeney, Lezek Brozozka, Siobhán Daly, Sandra Hartnett-O’Connor and Michael ‘Trod’ Broderick – you’re well up on your history then. The three-year history of Castleisland’s involvement with the countrywide, fundraising phenomena of Strictly Come Dancing – that…
There are ways and means of calculating the success or, indeed the failure of an event without doing a head-count. The science may be simple – but it works. “Numbers were well up on last year and we know that because we ran out of medals and we were short by a good handful,”…
A reminder to athletes, joggers, runners and walkers of all abilities of an invite to take part in the fourth annual Humphrey Murphy Memorial 5K Road Race / Fun Run on this Friday evening, June 12th at 7pm. in Castleisland. Registration will take place at the starting point at Desmonds Avenue at 6-30pm and the…
Over 200 runners, walkers and buggy-pushers alike turned up on a bright, sunny March morning to enjoy the Muire Gan Smál Presentation Primary fundraising 5k Fun Run/Walk on Sunday. There was a great display of community spirit amongst the mix of athletes, local business people, families and friends. The children excitedly got ready to show…
