Notice...The Great Railway Run 5km, 10km or 25km - Sun 23rd Apr 2017

The annual Great Railway Run from Cork to Carrigaline will be held this year on Sunday the 23rd of April 2017 .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 11am or a 5 km run/walk from Ringaskiddy to Carrigaline starting at 11:45am.

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. The big change this year is the finish. An extra section will be added in after Shanbally so that the race finishes at the new Carrigaline Youth Centre. This avoids the narrow finish on the footpath outside the GAA club.

The entry fees are as follows...

          Normal Price      After 16th Apr 2017

5K...............€12..............................€17
10K.............€20..............................€30
25K.............€30..............................€40

You can find details of the 2017 route HERE

More details on the event website.

You can enter online HERE

Results & photos of the Great Railway Run 25km, 10km & 5km race...Sun 17th Apr 2016

What a difference a week can make. In contrast to the rain, winds and floods that say the 10 mile race in Cobh cancelled last Sunday, the conditions for the Great Railway Run couldn't be more different. Nice and dry, a small bit of sunshine early on but a bit cooler in the later satges.

All said and done, a total of 585 runners took part across the three races.

Winners of the 25km race from Cork City to Carrigaline...Mary Sweeney and Alex O'Shea

25kms...
1    Alex O'SHEA (232)    01:27:50    00:00:00    Ages 40-49  (1)    Male  (1)
2    Joe CUNNINGHAM (42)    01:31:07    00:00:00    Open  (1)    Male  (2)
3    Paul DUGGAN (60)    01:31:13    00:00:00    Open  (2)    Male  (3)
22    Mary SWEENEY (269)    01:49:12    00:00:00    Ages 50-59  (1)    Female  (1)
24    Sorcha KEARNEY (108)    01:50:04    00:00:00    Ages 40-49  (1)    Female  (2)
26    Jean LUCEY (131)    01:50:18    00:00:00    Open  (1)    Female  (3)

10km results...
1    Donncha KIELY (617)    00:36:31    00:00:00    Open  (1)    Male  (1)
2    Vincent O SULLIVAN (669)    00:39:56    00:00:00    Open  (2)    Male  (2)
3    Andrew KELLY (613)    00:40:42    00:00:00    Open  (3)    Male  (3)
4    Ronnie BARRY (509)    00:41:49    00:00:00    Ages 40-49  (1)    Female  (1)
9    Stephanie Johnson (793)    00:45:00    00:00:00    Ages 40-49  (1)    Female  (2)
14    Aoife KELLY (611)    00:46:53    00:00:00    Open  (1)    Female  (3)

5km results...
1    Margaret LILLIS (1067)    00:20:50    All Ages  (1)    Female  (1)
6    Kate O DONOVAN (1088)    00:26:30    All Ages  (2)    Female  (2)
7    Grainne LYNCH (1070)    00:27:13    All Ages  (3)    Female  (3)
2    Christoph STOJCIC (1121)    00:21:26    All Ages  (1)    Male  (1)
3    Brian BARRETT (1004)    00:23:46    All Ages  (2)    Male  (2)
4    Aaron O FLYNN (1090)    00:25:18    All Ages  (3)    Male  (3)

Updated 21st Apr...The full results of all 3 races can be seen HERE

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Photos... (Updated Mon 9:25am)
1) Joe Murphy of Eagle AC has a gallery HERE
2) There is a gallery from Adrian O'Herlihy Photography HERE
3) Graham Nudds has 700+ photos HERE
4) There is a small gallery of 33 photos from Mick Dooley of Eagle AC HERE
5) Derek Costello of Eagle AC has 4 albums...
...a) 174 pics of the 25km runners at Harty's Quay in Rochestown
...b) 263 photos in Monkstown
...c) 154 in Shanbally
...d) 39 in Ringaskiddy
6) There are 400+ in an album on the Running in Cork Facebook page