Results of the Shannonvale 5-mile road race - Fri 7th Aug 2026

First woman - Olive O'Flynn

The Shannonvale 5-Mile road race near Clonakilty was held on Friday 7th of August 2026 on what was a dry and mild evening. There were 260 finishers for this event.

As far as I know, the last time a race was held in Shannonvale was a 10k event back in 2018.

Top 3 men & women...
 
Place Name Team Name Race Time Chip Time City Bib
1 Michael Dullea Skibbereen AC     26:59 M40 58
2 Aidan McCarthy Clonakilty Road Runners AC     28:30 M40 132
3 Sam O'Riordan Ballincollig     29:15 MS 224
12 Olive O'Flynn Courtmacsherry     32:01 FS 189
13 Kate Moynihan Ballinaboy     32:04 FS 659
24 Sinead O'Regan Courcey AC     34:07 F40 218

Full results HERE

Photos...

1) Graham Meikle has several galleries...

a) Finish 1 b) Finish 2 c) Finish 3 d) 

Cork City Council open consultation for new Glanmire Park

Cork City Council have just opened a consultation for a new 4.3-hectare park in Glanmire. It is located next to the Glashaboy River and the new park is located to the south of the existing John O'Callaghan Park.

The consultation is HERE

The accompanying new greenway which is on eastern side of the new park is expected to open very soon (Autumn 2026). Once construction of the new park begins, it is expected to take 12-months. Allowing for the consultation, planning and funding, it will probably be sometime around the end of the decade before this park is completed. 

For reference, the new park and the existing John O'Callaghan park is about 1km from north to site. The combined total of the parks will be around 5-hectares. For reference, Ballincollig Regional Park is 55-hectares.

For walkers, runners and cyclists, this is a big improvement compared to the footpath on the busy R639 road. There are a huge number of housing developments to the north of the new park so I'm sure it will be a welcome addition.

Results of the Cork BHAA Sterling 5k road race -Wed 5th Aug 2026

The Cork BHAA Sterling BHAA 5k road race in Ringskiddy was held on Wed 5th of Aug 2026 on a windy but dry evening. There were 329 finishers which is up about 12% on last year.

The chart above shows the history of the Novartis / Sterling 5k race. It used to be higher numbers in the past but 329 is pretty much in line with more recent events.

Top 3 men & women...
1 Dermot Ryan M1 00:16:41 Uisce Éireann
2 Michael Corbett 0/50M M2 00:16:51 Flex
3 Alan O'Brien 0/45M M3 00:17:04 McCarthy Insurance Group
10 Orla Drumm 0/40F F1 00:18:05 HSE
14 Carol Finn 0/35F F2 00:18:15 Carol Finn Physical Therapy
21 Sharon Rynne 0/35F F3 00:18:25 Kepak

Full results HERE

Photos... 
1) Mick Dooley has some photos HERE 

2) Joe Murphy has some photos... Album 1 ... Album 2 ... Album 3 ... Album 4 ... Album 5 ... Album 6 ...

First 3 women in the Sterling 5k (L-R) Carol Finn 2nd, Sharon Rynne 3rd & Orla Drumm 1st.

Notice: Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sun 9th Aug 2026

The Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k in east Cork is coming up this year on Sunday the 9th of August 2026. 

The Half-Marathon race will start at 9:30am while the 10km will start at the later time of 11:30am.

Entries HERE

Update - 14th July - Video showing the route of both courses is embedded further down this post.

Online registration will close at 10pm Thursday night 6th Aug but there will be a limited number of entries available on race morning.

Results of the Adrigole 5-mile road race - Sat 1st Aug 2026

The Adrigole 5-mile road race was held on Sat 1st Aug 2026.

First 3 men - Aidan Rundel Muller – 30:18, Bobby Tangney (Kenmare AC) – 31:36, Patrick Philips (LSA A.C.) – 32:32

First 3 women - Julie O'Brien (Durrus AC) – 34:20, Kristen O'Sullivan (Beara A.C.) – 38:13, Sandra Harrington (Beara A.C.) – 44:20
Juvenile Winners - 1st Male: Darragh Coppinger (Bantry A.C.)– 33:15, 1st Female: Leonie Figueria – 45:08
Age Category Winners
Male 40–50: Damian Keating – 33:16
Male 50–60: Liam O'Connor (Beara A.C.) – 34:44
Male 60+: Raymond Smith (Kenmare A.C.) – 34:58
Female 40–50: Gillian McCarthy – 44:30
Female 50–60: Breda McElhinney (Bantry A.C.)46:23
Female 60+: Noeleen O'Shea – 47:08

Full results below...

Confirmation of Michael Harty setting new national M45 10k record

Back on the 1st of July 2026, Michael Harty of East Cork AC finished the Coillte 10k road race in Tipperary in a time of 30m 00s. This was at the time a potentially new M45 national record for a 10k road race. See previous post HERE

The race organisers Dundrum AC have just confirmed that the course length has been rechecked and Michael has indeed set a new record!

Report from Dundrum AC... "Michael Harty breaks National Over 45 men’s record at Coillte 10k road race in Dundrum.

At the recent Coillte 10K road race on 1st July in Dundrum East Cork athlete Michael Harty set a new National Over 45 years men’s record for the 10km road distance which was ratified by the Irish Masters Athletic Association last week. 

The popular man from Cloyne, County Cork broke the old National record by nearly a minute. Michael is also a former winner of the Coillte 10k race which he won in 2022.

Michaels super run and finish time of 30 minutes flat in the race where he finished third overall only two seconds behind the winner saw him break the National 10K road record by a whopping 56 seconds which was held by Declan Reed from the City of Derry club for the classic distance. 

Interestingly Michael also holds the National Over 40 years men’s record for the same distance which he set in Leeds England back in 2022 in another super time of 29 minutes 42 seconds plus other distance records as well.

Michael’s new record means that the popular Dundrum course now has three National current records to its name over the 10k distance the other two being Joe Goughs West Waterford Over 70 years men’s time of 41 minutes and 10 seconds set in 2023 and Angela McCann’s Clonmel athletic club in Tipperary Over 50 years’ women’s time of 37 minutes 21 seconds set in 2021 plus two other records that have been broken since they were set, a huge testament to the speed of the course.

Thanks, must be given to Billy Purcell who measured the course also to Ronan Wogan of My Run Results who timed the race on the night. Tipperary County Council and local councillors also must be thanked for keeping the road upgraded over the past 41 years of the running of the event."

Results of the 5k parkruns in Cork - Sat 1st Aug 2026

Results of the 5k parkruns around the county on Saturday 1st August 2026. Approximately 1465 runners and walkers took part in the 11 events in Co Cork.

Report... For the first time in weeks, a warm front passed over Co Cork and brought some very light rain to this weeks 5k parkruns in the county.

Most parkruns... The person with the most parkruns this week is Joanne Sullivan with 497 parkruns on Bere Island.

Ballincollig... Aniban Chatterjee completed her 100th parkrun with 78 of these at Ballincollig.

Tramore Valley... Paul O'Connell reaches the century milestone with 46 at Tramore Valley Park and 54 at Ballincollig.

John McDonnell (L) and Darren Curtin (R) from the Glen River parkrun were visitors at the Tramore Valley parkrun last weekend with Cilian Ó Suilleabháin pictured in the centre

If I missed anyone who passed a notable milestone like 100, 200, 250 or above parkruns then let me know.

Upcoming milestones....

Macroom is the oldest parkrun in Co Cork and they will be holding their 600th event on the 24th of October 2026.

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Ballincollig Regional Park:  311 this week, 306 last week.

Ballincollig results... https://www.parkrun.ie/ballincollig/results/435/

Tramore Valley Park: 261 this week, 252 last week.

Tramore Valley Park results... https://www.parkrun.ie/tramorevalley/results/213/

Glen River: 52 this week, 63 last week.

Glen River results... https://www.parkrun.ie/glenriver/results/322/

Midleton Greenway: 195 this week, 202 last week.

Midleton Greenway... https://www.parkrun.ie/midletongreenway/results/76/

Mallow Castle: 77 this week, 72 last week.

Mallow results... https://www.parkrun.ie/mallowcastle/results/240/

Youghal (Pobalscoil na Tríonóide) : 64 this week, 46 last week.

Youghal results... https://www.parkrun.ie/pobalscoilnatrionoide/results/221/

Macroom Castle Demense: 62 this week, 58 last week.

Macroom results... https://www.parkrun.ie/macroomcastledemesne/results/588/

Clonakilty: 90 this week, 82 last week. 

Clonakilty results... https://www.parkrun.ie/clonakilty/results/542/

Glengarriff Woods: 132 this week, 97 last week.

Glengarriff results... https://www.parkrun.ie/glengarriff/results/465/

Bere Island: 182 this week, 117 last week. 

Bere Island results... https://www.parkrun.ie/bereisland/results/556/

Castlehaven (Rineen Woods): 65 finishers this week, 40 last week.

Castlehaven results... https://www.parkrun.ie/castlehaven/results/476/

For more information about the weekly 5k parkruns in Co Cork, go to this page HERE.

Results of the Rockshapel 5k - Fri 31st Aug 2026

First three men (L-R)... Tadhg O'Sullivan 2nd, Jeremiah Sheehan 1st & Maurice Feehan 3rd

The fourth edition of the Rockchapel 5k in NW Cork was held on Fri 31st of July 2026 with 118 runners crossing the finish line.

Top 3 men & women...
 1 Jeremiah Sheehan North Cork AC     15:15 M 631
2 Tadhg O'Sullivan Glanmire AC     15:34 M 593
3 Maurice Feehan Duhallow AC     16:24 M 533
11 Carol Finn Leevale     18:00 F 652
12 Lucy O'Sullivan Millstreet AC     18:12 F 594
17 Brid Flanagan West Limerick AC     19:02 F 535

Full results HERE

Report from Duhallow AC... "The 4th running of the Rockchapel 5K took place on Friday night, 31st July, with a fantastic atmosphere around the village as runners of all abilities took on the scenic out-and-back course.

A huge thank you to everyone who entered, travelled, supported and helped make the event another great success. The Rockchapel 5K is proudly organised and hosted by Duhallow AC, and it was brilliant to see such strong support from the local community and running clubs from across Cork, Kerry and beyond.

At the front of the race, Jeremiah Sheehan of North Cork AC produced an outstanding performance to win in 15:15 breaking the course record of 16:05 , followed by Tadhg O’Sullivan of Glanmire AC in 15:34. Duhallow AC’s own Maurice Feehan completed a superb run to take 3rd place overall in 16:24.

In the women’s race, Carol Finn of Leevale AC took victory in 18:00, with Lucy O’Sullivan of Millstreet AC second in 18:12 and Bríd Flanagan of West Limerick AC third in 19:02."

Results of the Kinsale Regatta 5-mile road race - Fri 31st July 2026

There was a record turnout of 822 runners for this year's Kinsale Regatta 5-mile road race, up 11.4% on last year.

Top 3 men & women...
 727 1 Ryan MC CARTHY Leevale A.C. 1. M M (U40) 24:06  
276 2 John Joe DOHERTY Finn Valley A.C. 2. M M40 24:49  
303 3 Gavin SWEENEY 3. M M40 25:12   
305 15 Anika THOMPSON Leevale A.C. 1. F F (U40) 26:46  
690 18 Jessica COYNE Leevale A.C. 2. F F (U40) 26:54  
614 61 Aoife LUCEY West Muskerry A.C. 3. F F (U40) 30:04

Full results HERE

Photos...
1) Joe Murphy has the following galleries...
a) Finish 1 b) Finish 2 c) Finish 3 d) Finish 4 e) Finish 5 f) Finish 6 g) Finish 7 h) Finish 8 i) Finish 9 j) Finish 10 k) Finish 11 l) Finish 12 

Anika Thompson of Leevale AC was the first woman

Friday Jigsaw: Graham & Ed Fitz

A nice jigsaw for the weekend! This photo is of Graham Meikle and Ed Fitgerald at the Cork BHAA race during the week in Ringaskiddy.

It has 108-pieces and you can find it HERE 

Results of the Run the Line 5k in Carrigaline - Sat 25th July 2026

The July edition of the free Run the Line 5k on the Carrigaline to Crosshaven greenway was held of Sat 25th.

Results of the St Catherines AC 5k in Ballynoe - Thurs 30th July 2026

"The Leevale winning team of Dermot Ryan, Hannah Steeds and Andy Goulding receiving the Dan McCarthy Perpetual Cup from Denis McCarthy, son of the late Dan"... John Walshe

The annual 5k race in Ballynoe near Conna and organised by St Catherine's AC was held on Thurs 30th July 2026 and there were 100 finishers.

Top 3 men & women...
 1 Dermot Ryan Leevale AC  16:54 MS 646
2 Nathan-Ryan O'Hehir St Finbarrs AC  16:58 MS 619
3 Fionn Hayes Grange Fermoy AC  17:02 MJ 672
4 Hannah Steeds Leevale AC  17:10 FS 629
13 Charlotte Norman St Catherine's AC 19:06 FJ 614
18 Olive Kelly St. Nicholas AC  19:26 F40 649

Full results HERE

Results of the Cork BHAA Thermofisher Scientific 4-mile road race - Wed 29th July 2026

The third edition of the Cork BHAA ThermoFisher Scientific 4 Mile race in Ringaskiddy was held on Wed 29th of July 2026 and there were 279 finishers.

Top 3 men & women...
1 Michael Corbett 0/50M M1 00:21:47 Flex
2 Mark McGarry 0/40M M2 00:22:07 Stryker
3 Nick Hogan 0/45M M3 00:22:39 UCC
8 Orla Drumm 0/40F F1 00:23:38 HSE
12 Carol Finn 0/35F F2 00:23:54 Carol Finn Physical Therapy
14 Sharon Rynne 0/35F F3 00:24:03 Kepak

Full results HERE

Record numbers for the Run Kilkee Half-Marathon & 10k - Sat 25th July 2026

Second place finish for Marie Howard of Leevale AC in the 10k

The main running event in Munster last weekend was the Run Kilkee Half-Marathon & 10k on the west coast of Co Clare. Despite the damp conditions, the event broke through the 2000 mark for the first time ever with a combined total of 2010 finishers across the two events... 790 in the 10k and 1220 in the half-marathon.

In the 10k race, Marie Howard of Leevale AC finished on the podium with a second place finish in a time of 39m 24s.

Top 3 men & women in the 10k...
1 Seamus SOMERS #2833 34:37 M M50 Sligo A.C.
2 Evan O'ROURKE #2694 35:07 M MS Maree A.C
3 Oskar SZMYT #2847 35:34 M MS Sligo A.C.
1 Nora TIERNEY #2857 39:02 F FS Galway City Harriers A.C.
2 Marie HOWARD #2355 39:24 F FS Leevale A.C. 
3 Laura LANGAN #2421 42:25 F F45 Westport A.C.

Top 3 men & women in the half-marathon
1 Jake O'REGAN #1162 1:09:32 M MS St. John's A.C.
2 Conor MADIGAN #795 1:15:11 M MS St. John's A.C.
3 Stefan O'GRADY #1602 1:18:55 M M40 
1 Mary GOUGH #1560 1:23:03 F FS 
2 Emma PACKER #1679 1:26:29 F FS
3 Teresa HARTNEY #550 1:27:33 F F50

Full results HERE

James Veale recognised for decades of service to athletics

From West Waterford AC... "A pleasant end of Rás na Rinne gathering at a well attended Halla An Phobail sa Rinn on Friday evening witnessed Ballinroad man James Veale become the third recipient of the Seamus Ó Droma Award for voluntary service to the promotion of athletics in the West Waterford area and, indeed far beyond.

The West Waterford club is currently one of the largest and most active in the Country and much of the reason for this is the unstinting work of the club’s PRO James Veale who has been involved since the club was formed all of over thirty years ago.