Half Marathons in Ireland

Stupid_Private

Obviously with a fair few of us doing Spring marathons we'll be looking for half marathons around 6+ weeks before the marathon. I've been looking into races in Ireland today and the various calendars on sites don't have much info on them (note to self, make race calendar site next!!). If we put our collective heads together we should be able to get a comprehensive list of halfs in Ireland. I'll start the ball rolling... anyone know any others?

Connemarathon Half - Sun 22 March 2009
Larne Half Marathon - Sat 28 March 2009
Wexford Half Marathon - Sun 19 April 2009
Bantry-Glengarriff Half - Sun 03 May 2009 (Bank Holiday Weekend)
Inishbofin Half - Sat 16 May
Newry Half Marathon - Mon 25 May
AAI national Half Marathon, Ballybofey (Donegal) - Sun 06 September 2009
Dublin Half Marathon - Sat 19 September 2009
Donegal Mooathon - Sun 27 September

No Date on Site
Omagh Half - March 2009?
Clare Burren Half Marathon - May 2009?
Lisburn Half Marathon - June 2009?
Achill Half Marathon - July 2009?
Longford Half- August 2009 ?
Blarney Half - September 2009?

911sc

Dublin Half Marathon September 2009 (19th?)

911sc

Dublin Half Marathon September 2009 (19th?)
Clare Burren Half marathon
Achill Half Marathon
Longford Half Marathon

Slogger Jogger

imra's Wicklow way trail race is c. half marathon distance too. 11th April I think.

RacoonQueen

The Donegal Mooathon - usually the week after the Dublin half

Will actually be nice to have a list of these.

rainbow kirby

Are there any over the summer? It'd be nice to have one as a target for after the college year.

Stupid_Private

Updated slightly. Any more the first four/five months of the year?

Racing Flat

Omagh half marathon - ? April

Bantry-Glengariff HM - ? May Bank Holiday

Lisburn HM - June (Wed evening race, 10k on same time)

gaf1983

Inishbofin Half Marathon

http://www.croi.ie/events/inishbofin-half-marathon-0


Am I mistaken or is there a half-marathon on one of the Aran Islands some time in spring?

Peckham

There's also:
- Newry Half Marathon (25th May)
- AAI Half Marathon Championships (not sure if date/venue have been announced)

greenplain

You could put in the Cork to Cobh race. Its a 15 miler and its at the start of Oct.

RICHIE-RICH

Blarney Half marathon - around second sunday in September - www.stfinbarrsac.com
Cork Cobh 15 miler (I know its not a half ) - usually start of October (3-4 weeks before Dublin Marathon)

Orobhsa

There are also a series of 4 * 10 mile races in Munster starting in early Jan. Bit short maybe but might be an indicator of form.

Mallow Jan 11
http://www.mallowac.ie/10%20mile/10%20Mile.htm
Waterford Early Feb
Ballycotton March 8th
Clare Early April.

Except for Ballycotton these can be entered on the day I think.

Stupid_Private

Orobhsa wrote: »

There are also a series of 4 * 10 mile races in Munster starting in early Jan. Bit short maybe but might be an indicator of form.

Nice - I reckon I'll turn up at a few of them.

plodder

There is a really nice 1/2 M in Mayo along the coast from Louisburgh to Westport. Can't remember the exact date (end of Aug or early Sept.). Lovely, scenic and surprisingly flat course. It is organised by the Mayo mountain rescue team

T runner

6th September, AAI national Half Marathon, Ballybofey (Donegal).

For anyone looking at an autumn marathon The warriors run in Strandhill, Sligo on August 30th is a very tough 10 miler and will give you a valuable return in strenght for this lenght of race.
Owen Gahan used it a s a build up to his 4th place in AAI half, and in turn to a fine 2.30 run in Berlin.

greenplain

the 10 mile series in Munster is great. Good crowds and good courses

MarieC

PLEASE NOTE that the DATE, DAY, VENUE and DISTANCE of the SIMON
CHRISTMAS RUN have been CHANGED.

The new fixture information is as follows -

Date: SATURDAY 13th December at 11:00am
Venue: MAHON COMMUNITY CENTRE, MAHON
Distance: 5K

The committee would appreciate it if you could pass this revised information
to your running colleagues, particularly those who are not on the Cork BHAA
emailing list.
Cork BHAA Committee

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Next Cork BHAA Events:

Iniscarra Community Centre 4 Mile Classic
Date: Sunday 23rd November at 11:30 am
Venue: Iniscarra Community Centre (near Blair's Inn, Cloghroe, Blarney)

hot to trot

So as the original poster enquired...there arent any warm up half maras if connemara or Paris is the target?

chelleflife

Aran Island Half Marathon is on the 25th April.

http://www.aerarannislands.ie/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=9&cntnt01origid=57&cntnt01returnid=88

Its my first attempt at running in any kind of race like this. Any info on some 10km races I could try before that would be welcome.

hot to trot

Thats after both marathons :-( Would love to do it if I have recovered enough after the biggie.
Irish Runner magazine has a diary of events for countrywide in the back. Many of the 10k's around the place are on this with details on entry etc. GOod luck. I am sure you will enjoy your first half.

charlii

half marathon this saturday in carlingford co. louth starting at 10 from 4 seasons hotel. nice gentle course partly along the shore of carlingford lough. slight incline on way back into carlingford for about 3 miles. all details and route map at www.stbrigids.net

kingQuez

Was all set to register for wexford but it's already full and I don't fancy the 200quid price tag for the arran islands one. Haven't seen any other races that fit in with my training for edinburgh, which is a pity.

xebec

kingQuez wrote: »

Was all set to register for wexford but it's already full and I don't fancy the 200quid price tag for the arran islands one. Haven't seen any other races that fit in with my training for edinburgh, which is a pity.

Ah **** it anyway, wanted to do Wexford cos it's where I'm from and even goes past my parents house... Hadn't entered cos the credit card has been overloaded for the last few months and wanted to wait another few weeks before sticking the entry on it...

leon45

Northern Halves - http://www.niathletics.org/news/default.asp?ID=1282&itemId=219&topicId=&va=0

Omagh Half Marathon – March 21st
Larne Half Marathon – March 28th
Newry Half Marathon – May 25th
Lisburn Half Marathon – June 17th
Ards Half Marathon – July 3rd
Cookstown Half Marathon – July 24th

eoin ryan

you can add this to the list....
Irish Multimarathon (half marathon) Dublin 28th June

deisefan

There is a 1/2 marathon on in Waterford on Sat Dec-12th at 11am, same course as national 1/2 held there last september. It starts and finishes on the track in Waterford.
more info to follow on www.waterfordac.com

Woddle

Anyone know of any halfs around the 8th or 15th of August. Longford is on too late for me and I can't seem to find any. North or South doesn't really matter.Thanks

Bobby04

Woddle wrote: »

Anyone know of any halfs around the 8th or 15th of August. Longford is on too late for me and I can't seem to find any. North or South doesn't really matter.Thanks

The Breifne Challenge 2009 is on 1-Aug in aid of St. Lukes
http://www.mycharity.ie/event_details.php?eventID=475

doilie

Debra Ireland have two Mountain Half Marathons- March in Wicklow, Sept in Carlingford.

These are far better than the likes of connemara one etc as they are on the actual mountain tracks with minimum road.

Registration fee is low. visit: http://www.debraireland.org/marathon.html

deejayw

Achill Half is on July 4th 2009

Mayo Mountain R

The Annual Louisburgh to Westport half marathon takes place @ 11am on Sunday September 6th. Registration in Westport with transport provided to Louisburgh where the race commences.
A pleasant flat half marathon taking you past Croagh Patrick and with Clew Bay to your left for the majority of the run its a cracking way to race with the sea air spurring you on.
Registration available on runireland.com or alternatively on www.mayomrt.com and follow the links for Coastal Charity Challenge.
See you there.:)