Sean O’Driscoll stole the show at the AAI games in Morton Stadium winning the 100 metres title. O’Discoll posted 10.95 seconds for victory well clear of Kaodichinma Ogbene seconds in 11.13.Dowling had won heat one of the 100 metres in 10.98 seconds with Colm Bourke sixth in 11.34 seconds. Sean Dowling posted 51.92 seconds in the 400 metres and 23.07 seconds in the 200 metres. Liam Sheehan posted 24.14 seconds over 200 metres….
For 29 years, seven months and 11 days Kieran Finn’s name was engraved on this club’s record books as 100 metre record holder. Four months earlier, a band whose career had begun just a few square miles away from the Morton stadium, where Finn had posted that record, had released an album that would see them one day conquer the music world. As dawn broke in Dublin on May 27…
Eoin Strutt posted the fastest 800 metres at the third Dublin Graded Meet of the year in Irishtown Stadium on Wednesday night. The A 800 metre race was split into two races, due to the amount of competitors with Strutt clocking a swift one minute 55.75 seconds for victory Daniel Scully took second place behind Strutt in the same race posting one minute 57.24 seconds. Strutt’s time was marginally faster…
Raheny Shamrock PRO Dave Hooper has produced a fascinating documentary called History of Irish Marathon Running which will be broadcast on Tuesday next, May 30th at 6pm on Near FM 90.3. Dave has worked on this ambitious project for the last two years and the result is a fascinating hour-long documentary featuring interviews with some of the legendary figures of Irish marathon running including John Treacy, Jerry Kiernan, Catherina McKiernan…