
Ailish Murtagh won the 57th Holland Cup on Wednesday evening in cool but calm conditions in Raheny.
The Holland cup one of the club’s three “classic” road races is a sealed handicap event, meaning only the official who determines the handicaps, knows which handicaps are assigned.
At the front of the race Mark Kirwan was the fastest in a tussle with Ian Conroy over the approximate 2.8 mile course.
Kirwan crossed the line 13 minutes 28 seconds just five seconds clear of Conroy.
One the handicaps were applied to the results Ailish Murtagh was awarded victory with Lucy Barrett second and Gay Byrne.
The top six was made up with Will Walsh, Michael King and Dermot Gorman.
Pictures are available on our facebook page here
Full gun to tape results are;
| Place | Name | Time |
| 1 | Mark Kirwan | 13:28 |
| 2 | Ian Conroy | 13:33 |
| 3 | Dermot Gorman | 14:26 |
| 4 | Donal Foley | 14:43 |
| 5 | Will Walsh | 14:56 |
| 6 | Graham O’Dwyer | 15:03 |
| 7 | Damien Martin | 15:06 |
| 8 | Michael King | 15:47 |
| 9 | Terry Keogh | 15:53 |
| 10 | Eamon Traynor | 16:00 |
| 11 | Lucy Barrett | 16:22 |
| 12 | Ailish Murtagh | 16:25 |
| 13 | Gay Byrne | 16:33 |
| 14 | Sarah Quigley | 16:40 |
| 15 | Eric Champ | 16:48 |
| 16 | Keith Fleming | 16:58 |
| 17 | Ollie Power | 16:59 |
| 18 | Keith Comiskey | 17:15 |
| 19 | Orla Manley | 17:16 |
| 20 | Aine Cremin | 17:26 |
| 21 | Martin Kelly | 17:28 |
| 22 | Adrienne Atkins | 17:36 |
| 23 | Elaine McNulty | 17:46 |
| 24 | Caitriona Costello | 17:59 |
| 25 | Sean McGoldrick | 18:11 |
| 26 | Dave Feeney | 18:46 |
| 27 | Greg O’Byrne | 19:17 |
| 28 | Connor Jennings | 20:04 |
| 29 | Grainne Egan | 20:53 |
| 30 | Stephen Rowe | 20:59 |
| 31 | Cherrie Hyland | 21:34 |
| 32 | Mary Kelly | 22:50 |
| 33 | Bob Quinn | 24:28 |
| 34 | Andrew O’Rourke | 24:28 |
| 35 | Ann Marie Graham | 25:32 |
| 36 | Patricia Lorigan | 25:48 |
| 37 | Marianne Fanning | 26:41 |
| 38 | Jennifer Lee | 26:53 |
| 39 | Dave Brady | 26:57 |
| 40 | Maeve Devlin | 29:47 |