Clonliffe harriers history book

Raheny shamrocks dooney crowned king and club threeina. They were founded in 1886, and are the oldest athletic club in ireland. Clonliffe harriers finished a creditable fourth at the european clubs cup in bern today, just half a point behind third placed gg bern. Louth runner gets bad news after thinking he had won. Clonliffe harriers ac, clonliffe harriers athletics club.

James erskine was present and elected honorary president. Franciss hospice, raheny after a long illness borne with great dignity and bravery. There is an entrance at the drumcondra end, to holy cross college, and to the grounds of the residence of the archbishop of dublin. Always available to help the team in the national league and in euro clubs. Mater dei institute of education was a linked college of dublin city university from 1999 until its closure in 2016, located in drumcondra, dublin city, ireland, near croke park, on the site of what was formerly clonliffe college, the roman catholic seminary for the archdiocese of dublin. Oct 29, 2017 clonliffe harriers gary ohanlon and seriu ciobanu took home 2nd and 3rd in the mens while catriona jennings of letterkenny and tullamores pauline curely finishing runners up in the womens race. Why join clonliffe harriers ac about clonliffe harriers ac. It is a club which honours its history and strives for the future. The book is available via post at 18 cheques payable to c murphy at 92 rochester avenue, rochester, kent me1 2dr, england. Check out all the latest news regarding clonliffe harriers athletics club here. Mar 25, 2017 ive recently found a reference to leo winning a onemile race for clonliffe harriers back in 1911 when he would have been around 18.

Morton stadium, or the national athletics stadium, is an athletics stadium in santry, in the north of dublin city. After returning to ireland with his wife margaret in 1986 he chased the olympic dream for a few more years, running with clonliffe harriers, his last irish title won in the marathon in 1995, before life slowly got in the way. Aidans at the time were members of the club and it was the most natural place to go to if you wanted to run outside school term. The club, founded back in 1886, has had a long and proud tradition competing at the highest level. Liam hennessy, 21 willow park, glasnevin, dublin 11, ph no. History of clonliffe harriers my name is dominic branigan and i have been a member of clonliffe since 1967. The race will start on the track in the morton stadium.

The author page scottish distance running history. On a dramatic afternoon in abbotstown, dooney landed the national cross country title followed by brian fay in fourth place, not just making his senior cross country debut but also winning the under23 title, which is held in this. Ronnie delany was among the history makers on a tumultuous night in dublin. The river tolka and the royal canal flow through the area. Jul 31, 2018 it was simply the most significant race ever run in ireland, despite the intrusion of a black and white mongrel dog midway through the race, and it lived up to its billing to the letter.

These hare and hound clubs, usually known as harriers were present in the malay peninsula in the early 1930s due to the number of expats present in the area. Recent athletics publications leevale athletic club. Grand prix series clonliffe harriers athletics club. Awesome weekend in store in abbotstown athletics ireland. Jun 24, 20 an tostal ran from 1953 to 1958, and the first opening ceremony in dublin featured the irish army parading through the city streets. Morton stadium, morton stadium, santry, dublin 9, santry 2020. Frank ryder is another historic figure in the history of clonliffe harriers. Dday by antony beevor, i also enjoyed the inspector morse series which are very different to the. When john mcdonnell began his coaching career at the university of arkansas at fayettevillechoosing it over norman, oklahoma, because fayetteville reminded him of his native irelandhe could hardly have imagined that he would become the most successful coach in the history of american collegiate athletics. By peter byrne for the irish times in an extract from his forthcoming book winning for ireland, peter byrne recalls a brilliant night in santry 60 years ago on wednesday, august 6 when five men.

By peter byrne for the irish times in an extract from his forthcoming book winning for ireland, peter byrne recalls a brilliant night in santry 60 years ago on wednesday, august 6 when five men, including. Clonliffe harriers began in 1886 as primarily a general athletics club. Laro dedicated his life to irish athletics and clonliffe harriers. He was to a great number of our members a great friend and father figure. Clonliffe harriers athletic club, based in santry, came third in european champions clubs cup track and field in leiria, portugal.

May 03, 2011 chriss story born in 1937, chris sands is a lifelong supporter of shels. As far as the sporting public is concerned clonliffe harriers needs no introduction. It is a cheap howto pet book, but contains a good history of harriers in the us and many photos of hounds influential in the breed in the 1960s. Clonliffe harriers and tir chonaill ac at european clubs. Clonliffe harriers also have exclusive use of the indoor track and outdoor mondo track in the stadium on tuesday and thursday nights 7 p. Reigning world and european indoor long jump champion ivana spanovic from serbia will be joining us on instagram live at 6.

Join our thriving community on facebook and twitter. Two clonliffe athletes have been selected for next months world halk marathon championships. Local history book from ballyshannon to rossnowlagh to cashelard to clyhore to finner to higginstown etc. John fagan was their only winner, taking the 400m hurdles in 52. For well over 50 years laro served clonliffe harriers as an athlete, coach, club captain, club honorary treasurer, club honorary secretary, vice president and president of this club. Mark murphy sm3034 of raheny shamrocks ac, was second over the line in 17. Morton games international athletics takes place in the morton stadium santry, dublin, ireland regretably due to the covid19 pandemic the 2020 meet is cancelled morton games will return in early july 2021. Since its foundation in 1886 the clubs history has unfolded in the fields and athletic arenas not only of ireland but in countries throughout the world and the club has always lived up to its motto nil desperandum the history of irish athletics and that of clonliffe harriers are closely. John j barry, the st machans and clonliffe harriers eire runner created a world record for the one and a half miles at helenvale park last night when at st machans sports meeting he covered the distance in 6 min 3. Films of this can be seen here and here however, the 1958 international military tattoo was organised by an athletic club, the clonliffe harriers, and was more a marching band display than a military pageant. Dominic brannigan made a presentation in connection with the clonliffe harriers history book which will be launched on the 2 nd of december, he thanked all of the clubs members and family of deceased and former members for their contributions and in particular paid tribute to the excellent work carried out in respect of club statistics by killian lonergan.

St annes parkrun event number 183 20th may 2017 st. The muster of 103 runners is the largest that has ever been assembled for an invitational race in dublin, clonliffe harriers turning out 53, donore, 15, city and suburban, 20. I have recently published a history of clonliffe harriers which is irelands oldest and most. Formed in october 1869 as peckham hare and hounds, and converted shortly after into the peckham athletic club, this group of oarsmen, cricketers, gymnasts and general sportsmen would seem to be the earliest instance of a club deliberately incorporating both track and crosscountry in the basic purposes of its existence. Barrys time was 210ths faster than the previous best made by glenn cunningham usa in 1937, and 2. The kilkerley man runs for the clonliffe harriers ac team in dublin and has already won the. Oct 05, 2016 cork city marathon 1984 easter monday pos. Dominic branigan in his history of clonliffe harriers quotes a newspaper report of the 1909 clonliffe 2 from floods in finglas to kavanaghs in glasnevin. A former shotputter and discusthrower, kay guy was a founder member of the womens section at. The college was founded by archbishop john charles mcquaid in 1966 as an institute. Sixty years on from the night five men made mile history. More history is made as for the first time ever five men in the same race run sub 4 minutes for the mile. There is an entrance at the drumcondra end, to holy cross college, and to the grounds of the residence of the archbishop of dublin the main access to croke park gaa sports ground is from jones road.

Morton stadium, morton stadium, santry, dublin 9, santry. A huge thank you to the morton games for giving me the opportunity to run a pb in the 400. Clonliffe is an area of north dublin, ireland, between ballybough and drumcondra clonliffe road is the wide linking thoroughfare nearly a mile long forming the central artery. The stadium announcer norris mcwhirter of the guinness book of records fame. A book by irish olympian and multiple irish champion to be launche by jerry kiernan the teachers club to be hel a m on onay n december in 36 parnell square, dublin 1. The race itself was a won in style by raheny shamrocks kevin dooney in a time of 19. This is the official facebook page of clonliffe harriers athletics club. He developed an interest in sport and particularly athletics from his teenage years, where he competed at middle distance track and crosscountry for clonliffe harriers athletic club in santry, dublin. Clonliffe harriers athletic club 188620 by dominic branigan. At ballsbridge physiotherapy clinic we use our years of experience working in elite sports coupled with current concepts of evidence based rehabilitation to fully assess the way you stand, move and run. There is a short report on the race from the dublin daily express below showing leo comfortably finishing the race in a sub 5 minute time. For clonliffe, saturday was the big one as they took three titles, along with a silver and bronze.

For well over 50 years laro served clonliffe harriers as an athlete, coach, club captain, club honorary treasurer. Drumcondra, dublin wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili. Louth runner gets bad news after thinking he had won national. Nor was the support of athletes for the war restricted to scotland all countries provided fit young men for the colours, the dublin club of clonliffe harriers history lists 57 members four who were kia who fought in the war. Sixty years on from the night five men made history in santry. Read more ohanlon triumphs on first 50km run to book place at world championships. Historic photographs clonliffe harriers athletics club. Recent athletics publications leevale athletic club, cork.

Depending on the findings of the assessment you will be given running reeducation strategies aimed at making your running style more efficient. After his record breaking track 4 mile in santry on thursday he followed that up today beating a top class field in a new pb of 63. The club has topclass international coaches in all disciplines and a lively training programme for all levels. And while a narrative history of the early days of organised athletics in. Some of these races date back to the early 1900s including. Elliott, merv lincoln aus, ronnie delany irl, murray halbert nz and albie thomas aus. A former shotputter and discusthrower, kay guy was a founder member of the womens section at clonliffe harriers in the 1960s. Clonliffe harriers, raheny shamrock, crusaders and donore harriers all took home national championship titles from the annual senior championships at morton stadium last weekend. His teams also produced 116 ncaa individual champions and 652 allamerican certificates, while mcdonnell himself was awarded thirty national coach.

In the 199192 season, as a combined club, our men and women competed at the same venue doncaster for the first. Flight lieutenant herbert carmichael bird irwin, afc 26 june 1894 5 october 1930 was an irish aviator and athlete. We caters for athletes of all abilities from the ages eight to eighty and beyond. Lar byrne rip it is with great sadness that clonliffe harriers announce the death of lar obyrne at 1 a.

In an extract from his forthcoming book, peter byrne recalls a brilliant. Clonliffe harriers gary ohanlon and seriu ciobanu took home 2nd and 3rd in the mens while catriona jennings of letterkenny and tullamores pauline curely finishing runners up in the womens race. The club provides for the full spectrum of track, field events and road runners and cross country. Also one of the teachers, peter mcdermott, ran for them, and positive role models matter. It worker, settled back in dublin after some years overseas. In august 1963, womens events were included in a match against belgium and scotland. Clonliffe harriers ac xmas cracker 5k details and race. He talks about the early history of shels from its foundation in 1895 as a dockers team, club rivalry with shamrock rovers in the 1940s, the failure to purchase shelbourne park, and attending the olympic dancehall after matches. Irish championship athletics book by rooney media issuu.

On a dramatic afternoon in abbotstown, dooney landed the national cross country title followed by brian fay in fourth place, not just making his senior cross country debut but also winning the under23 title, which is held in this race. We provide the latest local, club, event and national news, event listings and online entry to races. Read the blog clonliffe duo selected for world half marathon. Raheny shamrocks dooney crowned king and club threeinarow. It was simply the most significant race ever run in ireland, despite the intrusion of a black and white mongrel dog midway through the race, and it lived up to its billing to the letter. This international track and field meet, which holds a european athletics area permit, is promoted and hosted by a partnership of. During world war i, irwin joined the royal naval air service rnas, where he commanded nonrigid airships. Ive recently found a reference to leo winning a onemile race for clonliffe harriers back in 1911 when he would have been around 18. After the war, the tall sensitive irishman commanded larger rigid airships, initially for the royal air force raf and later on secondment to the civilian royal. Competing for ireland were maeve kyle, lorna mcgarvey and mary peters from the north, jackie spence and peggy hogan of crusaders and claire dowling of clonliffe harriers. Find parking charges, opening hours and a parking map of clonliffe college car park croke park events clonliffe road as well as other car parks, street parking, pay and display, parking meters and private garages for rent in dublin.

This international track and field meet, which holds a european athletics area permit, is promoted and hosted by a partnership of clonliffe harriers a. Dublin people clonliffe harriers celebrate historic. A brief history of hash the roots of hash house harriers go back to the english cross country running sport of paper chases or hares and hounds. Clonliffe harriers diamond jubilee souvenir 18861946. Kay and al guy are both respected figures in the field of athletics. He was a member of the first clonliffe team to win the national cross country in 1910, a feat repeated with ryder finishing 2nd behind clubmate the one and only bertie irwin bertie irwin is carmichael irwin, the famed airman after whom the clubs irwin cup is in commemoration of. Droim conrach, meaning conras ridge is a residential area and inner suburb on the northside of dublin, ireland. In total, his teams won forty ncaa championships and eightyfour conference championships. Sixty years on from the night five men made mile history in. Clonliffe, raheny, crusaders and donore all shine at. Often called santry stadium, it is the centre and home for athletics events in ireland, and home track of clonliffe harriers. Graham odwyer sm2024 unattached was third over the line in 17.

Written by harrier breeder william jones, this out of print paperback is worth finding. They have been based in morton stadium since the 1950s. Clonliffe harriers, 2 galway city harriers, 3 dundrumsouth. Clonliffe harriers is a dublinbased athletics club. Clonliffe road is the wide linking thoroughfare nearly a mile long forming the central artery. His teams also produced 116 ncaa individual champions and 652 allamerican certificates, while mcdonnell himself was awarded thirty national coach of the year awards. Over the years clonliffe harriers promoted various club races, road, cross country and track. Clonliffe is an area of north dublin, ireland, between ballybough and drumcondra. John mcdonnell served as track and field coach at the university of arkansas ua in fayetteville washington county from 1972 to 2008. Clonliffe college car park croke park events car park. Wins for mary peters in the high jump and shot sealed a famous victory for the irish team. A very classy meet first win in europe and a pr at tonights morton games mile. Clonliffe harriers continues to thrive and continues to be at the forefront of irish athletics more than a century and a quarter after its founding. The author page 11 scottish distance running history.