Podium place for Hannah Steeds at the Streets of Kilkenny 5k - 28th Mar 2024

One of the top 5k races at this time of year is the Streets of Kilkenny 5k which was held on Thursday evening 28th March 2024.

Hannah Steeds of Leevale AC finished on the podium with a second place finish in a field of 874 runners.

Cork runners under 17:00...

14 Darragh MULCAHY St. Finbarrs A.C. M 15:11  
24 Tony FORRISTAL East Cork A.C. M 15:27  
26 Mark WALSH Leevale A.C. M 15:28  
37 Adhamh O LEARY St. Finbarrs A.C. M 16:01  
79 Hannah STEEDS Leevale A.C. F 16:53

84 Andrew HOBBS Leevale A.C. M 17:00

124 Nadine FORDE Leevale A.C. F40 17:49

129 Niall LAWLER Togher A.C. M 17:52  

Full results HERE

Cork runner Lizzie Lee wins the Streets of Kilkenny 5k - Thurs 14th Apr 2022

Lizzie Lee winning the 2022 Streets of Kilkenny 5k. Photo: Gearóid Ó Laoi

The Streets of Kilkenny 5k is regarded as one of the premier 5k road races in Ireland and always attracts a lot of fast runners. The 2022 race was held on Thursday the 14th of April with a lot of runners from Cork making the trip to the marble city.

Lizzie Lee of Leevale AC was in flying form when she took the women's title in a time of 16m 31s.

There were a total of 713 finishers with the first 14 men going under 15 minutes.

Top 10 men & women...

1174 1 Eoin Everard Kilkenny City Harriers A.C. M 0:14:11 0:14:11  
1223 2 Michael Harty East Cork A.C. M40 0:14:14 0:14:14  
846 3 William Maunsell M 0:14:17 0:14:17  
1323 4 Brian Maher Kilkenny City Harriers A.C. M40 0:14:18 0:14:18  
1166 5 Sean Doyle North Cork A.C. M 0:14:25 0:14:25  
1591 6 Kieran Kelly Raheny Shamrock A.C. M 0:14:30 0:14:30  
1222 7 Liam Harris Togher A.C. M 0:14:38 0:14:38  
1428 8 Tim O Donoghue East Cork A.C. M 0:14:39 0:14:39  
831 9 John Shine Leevale A.C. M 0:14:40 0:14:40  
1371 10 Paul Moloney Mallow A.C. M40 0:14:41 0:14:41  
2546 68 Lizzie Lee Leevale A.C. F40 0:16:31 0:16:31  
1343 74 Maria Mc Cambridge Dundrum South Dublin A.C. F45 0:16:46 0:16:46  
1102 77 Jessica Coyne Leevale A.C. F 0:16:51 0:16:51  
1589 83 Dympns Ryan Dundrum AC F40 0:16:59 0:17:00  
1293 98 Michelle Kenny Leevale A.C. F40 0:17:27 0:17:27  
2126 99 Ava Costello Trim A.C. Jnr F 0:17:26 0:17:27  
1133 100 Lauren Dermody Castlecomer A.C. F 0:17:28 0:17:28  
2123 104 Carol Finn Leevale A.C. F 0:17:29 0:17:29  
1426 107 Siobhan O Doherty Borrisokane A.C. F 0:17:37 0:17:37  
2128 118 Amy Moran Dundrum South Dublin A.C. F 0:17:49 0:17:50  

Full results are on the Pop Up Races website

Michael Harty of East Cork AC was the second man home and set a new national M40 record in the  process.

New Irish M40 5km record for Michael Harty of East Cork. Photo: Gearóid Ó Laoi

John Walshe writes... "Michael Harty's time of 14:14 is a new Irish M40 5km record, the previous best was 14:21 by Brian Maher. Brian - 45 in September - was also inside the own record last night with his time of 14:18."

Michael Harty of East Cork AC wins Streets of Kilkenny 5k

The annual Streets of Kilkenny 5k road race was held on Thursday the 30th of March with 561 runners taking part. The winner of the race was Michael Harty of East Cork AC who crossed the line in a time of 14m 43s.

1. 338    Michael Harty    Male 40    East Cork AC    0:14:43
2. 214    Brian Maher    Male 40    Kilkenny City Harriers    0:14:44
1. 145    Thomas Hayes    Senior Male    Kilkenny City Harriers    0:15:04