Raheny Shamrock Parkrun Round-Up: Green Singlets Shine at Home and Abroad!
What a fantastic Saturday morning for the Raheny Shamrock Athletics Club! Whether running on familiar home turf in Dublin, taking on events across Ireland, or flying the green and white flag globally, our athletes put in magnificent performances this week. Across 16 different parkrun events worldwide, an impressive total of 74 Shamrocks laced up their runners and represented the club with tremendous spirit and speed!
🏆 Podium Positions & Top 10 Finishes
We had some brilliant performances at the sharp end of the field this week, including three podium finishes:
- Graham Ahearne led the charge with a blistering run of 16:33 at St Anne’s to cross the line in 2nd place overall!
- Over in Australia, Aoibhinn McGoldrick stormed home at the Lake Claremont parkrun to secure a fantastic 3rd Female finish (16th overall) in 22:11.
- Back at St Anne’s, Aileen Hooper put in a stellar run to land on the female podium, taking 3rd Female (63rd overall) in 22:30.
Top 10 Overall Finishes
A huge congratulations to all our athletes who stormed into the top 10 overall:
- Graham Ahearne – 2nd at St Anne’s (16:33)
- Niall Power – 6th at Donabate (20:05)
- Ciaran Chandler – 6th at Mungret (19:02)
- Rory O’Sullivan – 8th at St Anne’s (18:49)
- Charlie Sheil – 10th at St Anne’s (19:18)
- Paul Cullen – 10th at Glen River (22:15)
Top 10 Gender Finishes
Our women were out in force securing fantastic gender top 10 results:
- Catherine Groves – 5th Female at Father Collins (24:15)
- Deirbhile O’Keeffe – 6th Female at St Anne’s (23:06)
- Seona O’Keeffe – 7th Female at Malahide (22:36)
- Aine Crimin – 8th Female at Malahide (22:46)
- Niamh O’Malley – 9th Female at Malahide (22:53)
- Caitriona Costello – 10th Female at St Anne’s (24:04)
📊 High-Level Participation Breakdown
It was wonderful to see such high turnout across local events as well as fantastic representation from our parkrun tourists:
- St Anne’s Parkrun: Unsurprisingly our biggest turnout of the weekend, with 38 Shamrocks filling the avenues of our local park!
- Malahide Parkrun: A solid crew of 13 runners made the short trip to Malahide Castle grounds.
- Donabate Parkrun: 5 Shamrocks completed the scenic course around Newbridge House.
- Father Collins Parkrun: 5 members represented the club in Donaghmede.
- Bay East Garden Parkrun: 2 runners repped the club in Singapore.
- Global & National Single Entries: Shoutout to our intrepid solo parkrun tourists who flew the Raheny banner at Armagh, Brooklyn Bridge (USA), Conwy (Wales), Cork Harbour Greenway, Glen River, Hartstown, Holyrood (Scotland), Lake Claremont (Australia), Mungret, Tymon, and Woodhouse Moor (UK)!
Well done to everyone who took part, volunteered, or supported this Saturday morning. Keep up the brilliant work in training, and we look forward to seeing another sea of green singlets out next weekend!
📋 Full Raheny Shamrock Results Table
Here is the complete list of all 74 Raheny Shamrock AC participants from Saturday’s parkruns, sorted alphabetically by event name:
| Event Name | Name | Finish Time |
| Armagh | Romane GUERNALEC | 00:29:17 |
| Bay East Garden | John MCMANUS | 00:27:59 |
| Bay East Garden | Hannah COLEMAN | 00:29:58 |
| Brooklyn Bridge | Nora BYRNE | 00:27:04 |
| Conwy | Denis MURPHY | 00:25:10 |
| Cork Harbour Greenway, Carrigaline | Andrew BURNS | 00:27:14 |
| Donabate | Niall POWER | 00:20:05 |
| Donabate | David GARGAN | 00:25:27 |
| Donabate | Mary PURDUE-SMYTH | 00:26:21 |
| Donabate | Ann-Marie GARGAN | 00:29:36 |
| Donabate | John FREIR | 00:51:44 |
| Father Collins | Alan FOLEY | 00:23:23 |
| Father Collins | Catherine GROVES | 00:24:15 |
| Father Collins | Jean DUNNE | 00:27:39 |
| Father Collins | Gavin JUDGE | 00:28:21 |
| Father Collins | Joan COMISKEY | 00:31:12 |
| Glen River | Paul CULLEN | 00:22:15 |
| Hartstown | Mary COGHLAN | 00:32:51 |
| Holyrood | Niamh CORBETT | 00:28:07 |
| Lake Claremont | Aoibhinn MCGOLDRICK | 00:22:11 |
| Malahide | Francesco PETRONI | 00:18:53 |
| Malahide | Gary DALY | 00:19:03 |
| Malahide | Emmet MCAVINUE | 00:21:42 |
| Malahide | Seona O’KEEFFE | 00:22:36 |
| Malahide | Aine CRIMIN | 00:22:46 |
| Malahide | Niamh O’MALLEY | 00:22:53 |
| Malahide | Helen CARR | 00:24:14 |
| Malahide | Michael CRIMIN | 00:25:35 |
| Malahide | Deirdre O’DWYER | 00:28:42 |
| Malahide | Eddie HARRISON | 00:29:08 |
| Malahide | Steven John ROWE | 00:33:23 |
| Malahide | Eimear KENNY | 00:34:05 |
| Malahide | Bob QUINN | 00:36:24 |
| Mungret | Ciaran CHANDLER | 00:19:02 |
| St Anne’s | Graham AHEARNE | 00:16:33 |
| St Anne’s | Rory O’SULLIVAN | 00:18:49 |
| St Anne’s | Charlie SHEIL | 00:19:18 |
| St Anne’s | Darragh CAROLAN | 00:19:45 |
| St Anne’s | Ruairi MCARDLE | 00:21:15 |
| St Anne’s | Gary AYLWARD | 00:21:24 |
| St Anne’s | Keith FLEMING | 00:21:59 |
| St Anne’s | Dave FEENEY | 00:22:26 |
| St Anne’s | Aileen HOOPER | 00:22:30 |
| St Anne’s | Robert WALSH | 00:22:45 |
| St Anne’s | Deirbhile O’KEEFFE | 00:23:06 |
| St Anne’s | Brian HANNEY | 00:23:19 |
| St Anne’s | Ultan MCGUCKIN | 00:23:23 |
| St Anne’s | Caitriona COSTELLO | 00:24:04 |
| St Anne’s | Patrick MC DONNELL | 00:25:09 |
| St Anne’s | Dan WALLACE | 00:25:31 |
| St Anne’s | Richie COMERFORD | 00:25:39 |
| St Anne’s | Siobhan FOLEY | 00:26:08 |
| St Anne’s | Lisa MCCARTHY | 00:26:53 |
| St Anne’s | Mark LACEY | 00:26:53 |
| St Anne’s | Elaine MCNULTY | 00:26:54 |
| St Anne’s | Trish DILLON | 00:26:56 |
| St Anne’s | De O’CONNOR | 00:26:59 |
| St Anne’s | Ellen FLEMING | 00:27:35 |
| St Anne’s | Ciara COSGRAVE | 00:28:17 |
| St Anne’s | Colm HICKEY | 00:28:19 |
| St Anne’s | Suzanne COLLINS | 00:28:36 |
| St Anne’s | Melanie DICKINSON | 00:30:08 |
| St Anne’s | Keith COMISKEY | 00:30:30 |
| St Anne’s | Brendan POTTER | 00:30:50 |
| St Anne’s | Connor JENNINGS | 00:30:54 |
| St Anne’s | Maria HUGHES | 00:30:55 |
| St Anne’s | Lorna CHRISTIE | 00:31:00 |
| St Anne’s | Jenny COLBERT | 00:31:09 |
| St Anne’s | Patricia OCLEIRIGH | 00:31:09 |
| St Anne’s | Sarah O’NEILL | 00:31:41 |
| St Anne’s | Sinead CARTER | 00:31:42 |
| St Anne’s | Michael GOODMAN | 00:41:22 |
| Woodhouse Moor | Nick ALEXANDER | 00:23:09 |
