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Sunday, May 31, 2026

Results & Photos of the Cork City Marathon - 31st May 2026


The 2026 Cork City Marathon was held on Sunday the 31st of May on what turned out to be a cool and overcast day, perfect for running. 

The numbers in the full and half-marathon were up this year while the 10k seems to be down a bit, we'll look at the numbers in a future post once things have died down.

 ONGOING

Marathon - Top 10 men & women...

1. 857 Stephen MC AULEY 1. M 1. M 1. M 2:22:42 - €2000
2. 687 Chris JEUKEN 2. M 2. M 2. M Derg A.C. 2:24:20 - €1000
3. 850 Wayne WALDRON 3. M 1. M40 1. M40 2:26:22 - €800
4. 2957 Gary O'HANLON 4. M 1. M50 1. M50 Clonliffe Harriers A.C. 2:26:59 - €700
5. 1171 Féidhlim MC GOWAN 5. M 3. M 3. M Galway City Harriers A.C. 2:28:07 - €600
6. 713 Pawel KOSEK 6. M 4. M 4. M 2:29:38 - €500
7. 99 Patrick MAHER 7. M 5. M 5. M 2:29:40 - €400
8. 3017 Barry TWOHIG 8. M 1. M45 1. M45 St. Finbarrs A.C. 2:29:55 - €300
9. 184 Danny MULLINS 9. M 6. M 6. M Bantry A.C. 2:30:20 - €200
10. 2980 Brian MURPHY 10. M 2. M40 2. M40 Iveragh A.C. 2:31:42 - €100
26. 2955 Melissah GIBSON 1. F 1. F40 1. F40 2:40:41 - €2000
39. 107 Andrea AZA VILLAMOR 2. F 1. F 1. F Glanmire A.C. 2:48:05 - €1000
81. 1266 April QUINN 3. F 1. F35 1. F35 Togher A.C.  2:56:01 - €800
84. 1409 Jennifer MONTGOMERY 4. F 2. F 2. F  2:56:50 - €700
94. 936 Laura NOONAN 5. F 2. F40 2. F40 2:58:08 - €600
98. 518 Amelie SCHMALFUß 6. F 3. F 3. F 2:58:15 - €500
106. 1821 Anna DOONER 7. F 3. F40 3. F40 Roscommon Harriers  A.C. 2:58:40 - €400
110. 46 Sandra LYNCH 8. F 1. F45 1. F45 Kilcoole A.C.  2:58:51 - €300
124. 674 Evita VOLGINAITE 9. F 4. F 4. F Glanmire A.C.   2:59:51 - €200
135. 975 Jean LUCEY 10. F 4. F40 4. F40 3:02:19 - €100

Full Marathon results HERE

Half-Marathon - Top 5 men & women...

1. 9045 Ryan CREECH  1. M 1. M 1. M Leevale A.C. 1:04:51 - €600
2. 8350 Jake O'REGAN 2. M 2. M 2. M St. John's A.C. 1:05:38 - €300
3. 8351 John TRAVERS 3. M 1. M35 1. M35 Donore Harriers A.C.  1:06:54 - €200
4. 7605 Killian MOONEY 4. M 3. M 3. M Dundrum South Dublin A.C. 1:08:14 - €150
5. 8968 Sean DAVIN 5. M 2. M35 2. M35 St. Finbarrs A.C. 1:09:27 - €100
22. 8330 Heather MURPHY 1. F 1. F 1. F St. Michael's A.C. 1:15:11 - €600
31. 6552 Hannah STEEDS 2. F 2. F 2. F Leevale A.C. 1:16:46 - €300
32. 8751 Fionnuala ROSS 3. F 1. F35 1. F35 Armagh AC 1:17:02 - €200
38. 8408 Lauren DERMODY 4. F 3. F 3. F Castlecomer A.C. 1:18:49 - €150
43. 5908 Amy POLLMAN DAAMEN 5. F 4. F 4. F An Ríocht A.C. 1:19:16 - €100

Half-Marathon results HERE

10k - Top 3 men & women...
12494 1 Ibrahim SAMOW Ennis Track A.C. 1. M M 30:58 - €400
13043 2 Niall SHANAHAN An Bru A.C. 2. M M35-44 31:36 - €250
13642 3 David CARTER Galway City Harriers A.C. 3. M M 31:44 - €150
12890 5 Niamh ALLEN Leevale A.C. 1. F F 32:14 - €400
13412 17 Sinead O'CONNOR Leevale A.C. 2. F F35- 44 35:28 - €250
10358 33 Katja FISCHER 3. F F 0:37:14 0:37:14 - €150

10k results HERE

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Photos... loads to come... (Updated Wed 3rd Jun 7pm)

1) There are roughly 1800 photos up on the Running in Cork Facebook page

Farranlea Road... d) Marathon 1 e) Marathon 2 f) Marathon 3 

2) Derek Costello has the following galleries...

3) Doug Minihane took the following photos near Blackrock Castle...
4) There are over 700 marathon photos in Mahon from Adrian Foley

5) Adrian Ryder has some of the faster marathon runners near the finish HERE

Adrian has are over 6,000 photos. You should do a search with a bib number to find a particular runner. The photos are from the 1st mile of the marathon, then opposite the Opera House coming from the Blackpool side, then the 10k on North Main St, a few on Grand Parade and the rest on Washington St near the Courthouse. They stop around 4hrs 10mins in the marathon.

Part of the 10k pacing team for 55-mins


Niamh McCarthy from Carrigaline in the 10k. Niamh won a Silver medal in the discus at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro

Visually impaired runner Nauzika Habermayer with guide runner Peter Habermayer with a finish time of just under 60-mins in the 10k

3-hour pacers in the marathon

Back 2 Boston Running Club from Limerick doing the marathon

90-min pace group in the half-marathon

A Ballycotton 10m top from 2017 made an appearance in the half, the last year of that race

Andrew Burns & Vicky Lehane pacing 1:50 in the Half

On reflection...

Buzzing and raring for road

Macroom parkrun on tour...

Michelle Greaney & Mary Reynolds pacing 2-hours in the Half

Buttevant RC on tour

Two races in one day - Aideen Coleman ran the Half-Marathon after pacing the 10k event earlier







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19 comments:

  1. Anonymous31/5/26 3:06 pm

    First time doing the 10k. Might have been just me but was the course a bit long? Also disappointing how quiet it was along the finish line.

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    1. Julie31/5/26 6:42 pm

      The half was starting around 10ish maybe little later, I would imagine a lot of people were there due to the tribute to Ellen Cassidy. I was on the last corner before the finish from 9:15ish untill 12:20 and it got much busier as the morning went on.

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    2. Anonymous1/6/26 6:29 am

      My first full marathon and I’m delighted. The first half was fantastic going through the tunnel and then the beautiful Cork along the water. Loved the start and finish destination. Slept with my medal last night 💛💛

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  2. Anonymous31/5/26 3:56 pm

    Course definitely long.. Everybody's watch can't be wrong. My friend group had distances from 10.18km to 10.25.....

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  3. Anonymous31/5/26 6:29 pm

    Very good buzz at the end of the half. Great crowd support on Washington St. and on Grand Parade

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  4. Anonymous31/5/26 6:46 pm

    That was my 4th Cork Marathon and the changes to the course were very positive especially the finish in the western road, crowd was incredible, the crowd being so close to the runners made is even better

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  5. Anonymous31/5/26 10:17 pm

    2 separate runners today in the 10k. 20 mins difference in finish times with different start points at the start line, one measured 6.35 miles, 2nd 6.38 miles. Over 200 meters extra seems excessive. Would suggest the 10k was long considering comments from others elsewhere saying same.

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  6. Anonymous1/6/26 7:55 am

    Very emotional tribute to Ellen and the support from the public was incredible all along the course ! Very good organisation of the route, emergency lane, water station, bag drop etc. Fair play to all the kids helping picking up the bottles. Only two things maybe is more back to back park n ride buses at busy time and more space for runners in the city hall to wait and get organised. It was fine because it was a dry day but might have been a problem on a wet day. Overall what a great day !

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  7. Anonymous1/6/26 8:46 am

    The residents in Mount Pleasant avenue, part of the new course in Ballyphehane were a credit to their community. Yellow bunting, balloons and banners everywhere. All residents out with various jellies for runners. Well done Mount Pleasant avenue. Was such a lift turn the corner on to that road.

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    1. Anonymous1/6/26 3:49 pm

      Yes it was brilliant..they should be given a community donation from the council in recognition of their super work..the HM was measured by too much....the finish in grand parade a defo plus..great event..

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  8. Anonymous1/6/26 9:11 am

    Not sure about 10k being long. There were a lot of runners and trying to keep to the racing line was almost impossible. Lots of weaving around runners and quite a few pinch points and sharp turns. Not a complaint, just how it was. Unless you were at the front I think you’d be hard pressed to get 10k exactly. I trust the course measurers, they know what they’re doing. (I’m not one btw). Thought the support at the finish was grand tbh. Really well organised event.

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  9. Anonymous1/6/26 10:37 am

    Started as close as you can get to the start and still felt there was an extra fee hundred metres on the 10k. This is the second big race in Cork in recent weeks that was measured too long.

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  10. Anonymous1/6/26 11:21 am

    Was great event from start to finish but I think ten k race should be in ways too many people past too many turns things in way walkimg be back course bit long too

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  11. Anonymous1/6/26 12:28 pm

    I really do hope that everyone who's talking about the 10km ran the exact RACING LINE as measured out by a AIMS accredited measure,cycled tw

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    1. Anonymous1/6/26 2:40 pm

      It wouldn’t be the first time that a measured course was long. A wrong cone has ruined many race around the world. Mistakes happen, so would be interesting to see was there an issue somewhere along the way.

      Hopefully they do something with the 10k course in the future. It’s awful and too tight in so many areas.

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  12. Anonymous1/6/26 3:58 pm

    The half marathon measured at 21.39 k for me. I think the extra distance though was due to me being unable to stay on the racing line as we passed marathon runners from the merge point onwards. I felt sorry for the marathon runners. It couldn't have helped them having half marathon runners passing them.

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  13. Anonymous1/6/26 6:31 pm

    Such a fabulous positive day in Cork City. Well done to Eamonn Hayes & team for putting on such a well organised event.

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  14. Anonymous1/6/26 9:49 pm

    As a spectator, the barrier free area around Lancaster Quay was great.....the awfully placed carpark at the finish line was not

    Such a missed opportunity not to allow massive spectator access at the finish line for the sake of a few vehicles,most of which could easily have parked in the empty carpark not 50 mm meters away!

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  15. Anonymous1/6/26 11:10 pm

    Super day all round. Cork marathon is just going from strength to strength each year. All changes this year were really positive. New finish line was brilliant. Eamon Hayes and his team are fantastic.

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