Results of the Skibbereen 10-mile & 5-mile road races - Sun 8th Feb 2026

The annual Noreen McCarthy 10-mile and 5-mile road races in Skibbereen were held on Sunday 8th February 2026.

In the 10-mile race, there were 75 finishers which is the same as 2025. In the 5-mile race, there were 9 finishers which is down on 2025 but still up on the 2024 numbers.

Top 5 men & women in the 10-mile...
 1 Jonathan Perrott Innishannon     59:47 MS 51
2 Mark Kelly Bandon   1:03:39 M40 20
3 Ivan Sweetnam Dunmanway   1:03:46 M45 78
4 Luke McCormack St Finbarrs AC   1:03:53 MS 28
6 Dylan Coleman Killeagh   1:05:12 MS 58
5 Julie O'Brien Durrus AC   1:04:13 F40 34
16 Linda O'Sullivan Glounthane   1:10:07 F55 46
25 Shona-Brid O'Sullivan Courcey AC   1:12:41 FS 49
33 Grace Good Aherla   1:17:47 FS 14
35 Ciara Magner Watergrasshill AC   1:18:06 F40 25

10-mile results

Top 3 men & women in the 5-mile...
1 Michael Dullea Skibbereen AC     26:39 M45 529
2 Justin Ryan Skibbereen     27:20 MS 942
3 Patrick O'Driscoll Drinagh     27:58 MS 950
11 Hazel White Clonakilty     33:36 FS 953
12 Orla Hayes Skibberreen     33:45 FS 940
15 Ellen McCarthy Skibbereen     34:20 FS 706

5-mile results

Photos...

1) Skibbereen AC have the following photos...

a) Start of the 10-mile  

Members of Watergrasshill AC at the Skibbereen race. Donal O'Donoghue finished first in the M55 category in the 10-mile after running in the Cork BHAA 5k race earlier in the morning.

Results of the Skibbereen 5m & 10m road races - Sun 9th Feb 2025

The annual Noreen McCarthy Memorial 10-mile and 5-mile road races were held in Skibbereen in west Cork on Sunday 9th Feb 2025 on what was a dry cold day.

This event was traditionally held in November every year but the organisers decided to move it to the spring time to see how it would get on. The numbers for the 10-mile jumped 27% this year but while this sounds impressive, it's still in the ballpark of other years.

The 5-mile numbers however have been transformed with the Spring 2025 edition more than double that of the previous event in November 2023. Going just off the results for the 5-mile race alone, it looks as if the move to a spring date was a success.

10-mile... Top 3 men & women

1 Danny Mullins Bantry AC 54:28 MS 1093
2 Simon Nolan Bandon AC 55:40 MS 1199
3 Justin Ryan West Waterford AC 56:41 MS 1185
7 Clara Ryan St Finbarrs AC 1:02:53 FS 1183
9 Julie O'Brien Durrus AC  1:03:55 F40 1098
21 Sinead O'Regan Courcey AC 1:12:32 F45 1172

Full results HERE

5-mile... Top 3 men & women

1 Michael Dullea Drimoleague     27:57 M45 89
2 Brendan Walsh Cork     29:53 MS 316
3 Enda Fitzmaurice Durrus     30:02 M45 411
12 Anna O'Neill Doheny AC     35:01 F55 292
17 Emma O'Sullivan Skibbereen     35:41 FS 388
28 Alice O'Driscoll Castletownsend     36:47 SF 366

Full results HERE

Photos... (Updated Tues 11th Feb)

1) Garry Minihane has a short video HERE

Garry also has two albums... Album 1 ... Album 2 ...

2) Skibbereen AC have some photos of the start of the 5-mile race HERE ...and of the 10-mile race HERE 

Finish line photos HERE and HERE

Well done to visually impaired runner Ross Gallagher who managed to get a 5-mile personal best time at the Skibbereen 5m today (also a shout out to Meave Quinlan who was the guide runner!)

5 Meave Quinlan Dunmanway     46:28 FS 299
96 Ross Gallagher Dunmanway     46:28 MS 99