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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Notice...The Great Railway Run...Cork-Monkstown-Shanbally-Carrigaline...Sun 19th Apr 2015

This event was held on the May Bank Holiday last year and this year, it moves back to Sunday the 19th of April 2015 .There are a choice of three distances.......a 25 km race starting at 9:30am from Cork City to Carrigaline, a 10 km race from Monkstown to Carrigaline starting at 10:45am or a 5 km run/walk from Shanbally to Carrigaline starting at 11:30am.



The run will roughly follow the route of the old Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway which ran from 1850 until 1932.

For a large part of the run, the route will follow the old railway line that skirts the shores of Cork Harbour. Each event will finish at Carrigaline GAA Club. Shower facilities will be available in the GAA Club after the race and there will be bus transport to take runners back to the start areas after the race.


The entry fees are as follows...
               Before 17/3/2015       Normal Price      Late registration
5K...............€10.20..............................€12..............................€17
10K.............€17...................................€20..............................€30
25K.............€25.50...............................€30..............................€40

Proceeds from the event will go towards Carrigaline Lions Club

More details on the event website.

A full preview of the course can be seen HERE 

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