Ailish Murtagh Grabs Holland Cup

Lucy Barret (2nd), Ailish Murtagh (1st), Gay Byrne (3rd)

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
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