Results of the Ballinotois 4-mile road race - Thurs 23rd Apr 2026

The 2026 edition of the Ballintotis 4-mile road race was held on Thurs 23rd of April in almost perfect conditions. 

A total of six athletes managed to break 20 minutes which shows the quality of the field including Niamh Allen pictured above who set a new national record for the distance.

There were almost 1200 finishers this year and almost identical to 2025. As the chart below shows, it was the third highest ever and the last three years have been very good with pretty much 1200 every year.

A typical club race might get something like 300 runners so the Ballintotis numbers just show how exceptional it is.

Top 3 men & women...

1 Jeremiah SHEEHAN #1145  MS North Cork A.C. M MS 19:18 
2 Sean DOYLE #673 M35 Cork City A.C. M MS 19:29 
3 David CARTER #583 MS Galway City Harriers A.C. M MS 19:36 
4 Niamh ALLEN #2 FS Leevale A.C. F FS 19:50 
22 Jessica COYNE #72 FS Leevale A.C. F FS 21:47 
24 Hannah STEEDS #1166 FS Leevale A.C. F FS 22:01 

Full results HERE

Photos...

1) Mick Dooley has some pre-races photos HERE and post race photos HERE

First 3 men (L-R)... Sean Doyle 2nd, Jeremiah Sheehan 1st & David Carter 3rd

First 3 women (L-R)... Jessica Coyne 2nd, Niamh Allen 1st & Hannah Steeds 3rd