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

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. We have a unique 2 lap course so your supporters will have plenty of opportunity to watch you as you make your way around and enjoy a fantastic running atmosphere and breath taking scenery

The 10k race is a single lap of the route

Full road closures will be in place along the course

Start Times: Half Marathon 9:30am, 10km 11:30am

Charity: €2 from each entry will be donated to charity.

SPECIALLY DESIGNED FINISHERS MEDAL FOR 10KM & HALF MARATHON

FINISHERS T-SHIRT FOR EVERYONE

STRICTLY 16 years and over to compete in either race"

The map above shows the course of the two race routes which are the same as 2025. 

The 10k course is one lap and it will start by the Town Hall...

The course proceeds south and there is a short pull up to Youghal Lighthouse which is really the only climb on the course. Note the elevation gain is only about 10-15m so it's very modest.

Then it's down onto the Greenway which is on the route of the old railway line and is dead flat. As can be seen from the map above, roughly 3kms of the course shown in green in on the flat Greenway.

Then it's back onto public roads and a return back to the town. The approach to the lighthouse from this side is a bit more gentle.

After the lighthouse, it downhill and onto the iconic Youghal Clock Tower which all runners will go under.

When you run on narrows roads like this with high buildings on either side, you can get the perception of running faster than you might actually be running. 

The course will then loop around and finish by the tourist office...

The Half-Marathon essentially is two laps of the 10k course. The start line is pushed back to near the Clock Tower to make up the extra distance.

In summary... The Youghal Bay Half-Marathon & 10k is on a reasonably fast course in a historic town. There's a nice mix of road and Greenway which keeps things interesting.

It should be on a par with other 10k and half-marathon courses in terms of times and PB's.

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.