Results of the Beast of Beara trail race - Sat 18th July 2026

First place for Michael Bruton of Cobh Tri Club

The Beast of Beara trail race in west Cork attracted a field of 391 runners this year, up from the 339 in 2025. Considering the event was held in Allihies, getting almost 400 participants in such a remote location is a considerable achievement.

Top 3 men & women...
 1. 1510 Michael Bruton m M0 -39 Cobh Triathlon Club 1:32:20  
2. 1602 Tommy Arthur m M0 -39 Lagan Valley 1:34:54  
3. 1624 Jurian Glas m M40-49 1:36:13  
21. 1642 Kristen O'Sullivan f F0-39 Beara AC 2:03:47  
28. 1846 kerrie collins f F40-49 2:05:27  
42. 228 Sandra Keyes f F40-49 St. Finbarrs AC 2:13:18  

Full results HERE

Third place finish for Sandra Keyes of St Finbarr's AC

Results of the Beast of Beara 21km trail race - Sat 19th July 2025

The Beast of Beara 21km trail race was held in Allihies in West Cork on Sat 19th July 2025 with 339 runners taking part, a jump of 44% on the inaugural race in 2024.

The big challenge for any running event near the end of the Beara Peninsula is how to attract enough people? Outside of the local runners, how do you convince people from large population centres further away to make the long journey down?

In that light and especially considering it was a damp day, getting 339 runners to take part in a running event in Allihies is really good.

Top 3 men & women...
1. 293 Brendan Joy m M0-39 Killarney Valley AC 1:32:23  
2. 294 Enda O Sullivan m M0-39 1:39:29  
3. 441 Michael Coakley m M0-39 1:44:32  
7. 276 Julie O'Brien f F40-49 Durrus AC 1:53:31  
12. 264 Kerrie Collins f F40-49 Crosshaven tri 1:57:41  
22. 235 Mairead O'Keeffe f F50-59 Kanturk Road runners 2:06:43

Full results HERE

Results & Photos of the Beast of Beara 20km trail race - Sat 20th July 2024

The inaugural Beast of Beara 20km trail race was held in Allihies in West Cork on  Sat 20th July 2024. There was a good turnout out for the first outing with 236 finishers.

Top 3 men & women...
1 1348 Michael Bruton M 1:18:33
2 3002 Tommy Arthur Lagan Valley AC M 1:22:33
3 3160 Joe O'Leary Spa M 1:36:20
1 3189 Lianne van Dijk F 1:34:43
2 1408 Maura Barry Cork Tri Club F 1:40:51
3 1423 Marie Claire Healy F 1:46:33

The full results can be found HERE

Photos...

1) Joe O'Brien has a gallery HERE

2) JustRuns Events has a gallery HERE 

Video... Richie Hodges has a short video below...