Results of the Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sun 9th Aug 2026

Anika Thompson is the first woman home in the half

The third edition of the Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k was held on Sunday 9th of August 2026 on what was a nice sunny day. There were 918 finishers in the 10k event while the numbers in the half-marathon were up 10% on last year with 958 finishers.

Top 5 men & women in the half-marathon  

971 1 William MAUNSELL Clonmel A.C. 1. M M40 1:06:41  
969 2 Sean TOBIN Clonmel A.C. 2. M M 1:06:41  
397 3 Barry TWOHIG St. Finbarrs A.C. 3. M M45 1:11:43  
675 4 Aidan CONNELL West Waterford A.C. 4. M M40 1:12:09  
3888 5 Struan SIMPSON Grange/Fermoy A.C. 5. M M 1:14:35
917 6 Anika THOMPSON Leevale A.C. 1. F F 1:16:24  
569 48 Laura NOONAN 2. F F40 1:26:42  
3152 69 Katie HICKSON St. Finbarrs A.C. 3. F F45 1:29:03  
3999 73 Noreen MACKEY Cork Track Club A.C. 4. F F35 1:29:31  
594 77 Sinéad FLANNERY Ballintotis Fit4Life A.C. 5. F F45 1:29:45

Top 3 men & women in the 10k

1925 1 Jeremiah SHEEHAN North Cork A.C. 1. M M 31:53  
1964 2 John MEADE St. Finbarrs A.C. 2. M M45 33:30  
1910 3 John LONGAN St. Finbarrs A.C. 3. M M 34:14  
3952 11 Orla DRUMM Cork City A.C. 1. F F40 36:39  
1924 21 Marie HOWARD Leevale A.C. 2. F F35 38:19  
1660 23 Olive MC CARTHY St. Nicholas A.C. 3. F F40 38:40

All results HERE

Notice: Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sun 9th Aug 2026

The Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k in east Cork is coming up this year on Sunday the 9th of August 2026. 

The Half-Marathon race will start at 9:30am while the 10km will start at the later time of 11:30am.

Entries HERE

Update - 14th July - Video showing the route of both courses is embedded further down this post.

Online registration will close at 10pm Thursday night 6th Aug but there will be a limited number of entries available on race morning.

Results & Photos of the Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sun 10th Aug 2025

The Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k was held this year on Sunday 10th Aug 2025.

So far in the 10k, there has been a huge jump in numbers compared to last year. In 2024, there were 653 finishers in the 10k. This year, it's almost 900!

Results...

10k - Top 5 men & women...
 1909 1 Tony FORRISTAL East Cork A.C. M 32:27
1845 2 Dermot GORMAN Carrick-on-Suir A.C. M40 32:54
4618 3 Paul O BEIRNE Sportsworld A.C. M40 34:04
1835 4 Michael HERLIHY North Cork A.C. M40 34:18
1585 5 Sean RUSSELL St. Finbarrs A.C. M 34:41  

1825 22 Sharon RYNNE Leevale A.C. F35 37:26
4604 27 Kate VEALE West Waterford A.C. F 38:44
1954 30 Breda GAFFNEY Mallow A.C. F50 38:56
1812 34 Olive MC CARTY St. Nicholas A.C. F40 39:09
1841 36 Linda O SULLIVAN Watergrasshill A.C. F50 39:13

10k Full results HERE

First 3 women in the 10k (L-R)... Kate Veale 2nd, Sharon Rynne 1st & Breda Gaffney 3rd

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

688 1 Kane COLLINS Donore Harriers SNR M 1:10:28
903 2 Pat HENNESSY West Waterford A.C. SNR M 1:11:58
362 3 Barry TWOHIG St. Finbarrs A.C. M45 1:12:20
401 4 Kristaps LIEPINS Watergrasshill A.C. SNR M 1:12:30
736 5 Michael MC MAHON North Cork A.C. M40 1:14:52
681 10 Niamh MOORE Leevale A.C. SNR F 1:18:46

2819 11 Ciara HICKEY Brothers Pearse AC F45 1:19:16

425 43 Laura NOONAN F35 1:27:12
499 51 Emma DOYLE SNR F 1:28:29
603 55 Noreen MACKEY Cork Track Club A.C. F35 1:29:09 

Half-Marathon results HERE

First 3 women in the Half-Marathon (L-R)... Ciara Hickey 2nd, Niamh Moore 1st & Laura Noonan 3rd

First 3 men in the Youghal Bay Half-Marathon (L-R) Pat Hennessy of West Waterford AC 2nd, Kane Collins of Donore Harriers AC 1st & Barry Twohig of St Finbarr's AC 3rd

Photos... (Updated Mon 11th @ 21:20)

1) Mick Dooley has some pre-race and start photos of the 10k HERE and post race HERE     

Half-Marathon start HERE and post Half HERE

2) The timing company Pop Up Races has a huge gallery of finish line photos HERE

3) Dermot Hever has a huge number of photos...

a) 10k finish up to 60 mins b) 10k finish 60 mins plus c) Half finish up to 1:45 d) Half finish 1:45 to 2:00 e) Half finish 2:00 plus  

4) Graham Meikle has plenty of photos as well.

a) 10k finish 1 b) 10k finish 2 c) 10k finish 3

d) Halfway in the Half 1 e) Halfway in the Half 2 f) Halfway in the Half 3 g) Halfway in the Half 4 

When one race isn't enough! After starting at 9:30am to do the Youghal Bay 10k, Kerry Constant was back at the start line again at 11:30am to do the half-marathon!!!

Notice: Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k - Sun 10th Aug 2025

The Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k in east Cork is coming up this year on Sunday the 10th of August 2025. 

The 10km race will start at 9:30am while the Half-Marathon will start at the later time of 11:30am.

Entries HERE

Please note that entries close at 10pm on Fri 8th August.

Info from Youghal AC... "A multi-lap course through the medieval streets of Youghal, the beautiful scenic Front Strand area and the Greenway. This is the perfect course to set a PB and is an ideal warmup up for those training for an Autumn Marathon.