Dooneen Ac

06/09/2026

At 'Run the Bridges' in Ballina and Killaloe in aid of Ballina Primary School🎓 👏. A big attendance and some serious hills.

Also in attendance was Ger Meehan in a race spanning the Premier and Banner Counties 🔺🏇🧨.

The race was won by Eimear O'Leary of Galway City Harriers and Peter Power of Shannon.

05/09/2026

Well done to Declan Kennedy, who travelled south to the Kingdom where he ran the Di**le Marathon in a time of 3:19:47 for 26th place, just 2 weeks after similar exploits in 'Reykjavik' 👏🏇. Ronan Lawlor crossed the line in an impressive 3:34:13 👏. Meanwhile Mike Griffin continued his preparation for New York in November by doing 1:42:59 in the Half. Well done to club veteran Niall Harris, Nelson Nwakaihe and all the Sanctuary Runners at Parkrun 👏

Dooneen Abù 🏇🔺🔺🧨

04/09/2026

"No matter where else you go, we'll always be able to claim we had you first"- well that's what my old primary school 🎓 would say anyway, about certain high achieving past pupils (not me lol)🙂.

Dooneen AC is proud of Ellen Goggin and her inclusion in the latest Irish 🇮🇪U17 ⚽️squad. Wherever else she goes from here, we are proud to have had her as a member of this club 🔥🙂

🇮🇪 Congratulations to Treaty United senior women’s player Ellen Goggin who has been named in the Republic of Ireland WU17 side to face Belgium in back-to-back friendlies next week in Spain! 👏

📸 Kevin Barry Dorney

01/09/2026

Well done to Shona Keane who was 2nd Woman in the West Waterford Greenway Half Marathon at the weekend in a time of 1:21:02. Also congrats go to Marcella McGrath who was 1st O50 Female in a time of 1:36:06 👏🔥🔺

30/08/2026

J.P. Lawlor was a shrewd 'recruit' for Dooneen earlier this year. And he was in top form today, finishing 8th from 110 finishers in a time of 61:06 at the Moreabbey Milers 10 Mile in Galbally Co.Limerick👏🏇🧨

Clubmates Mike Clarke & John Shier both finished in 78:51 with Mikes wife Geraldine Ryan home in 2:12:48.

Eileen Reeves ran the Longford Marathon in a time of 4:23:04 while Alison Flynn was an excellent 'Run Director' at 'UL Parkrun' 👏

Up Team Dooneen 🔺🔥👏

30/08/2026

'Friend and neighbour' Mark Whelan of Limerick AC shares his thoughts on Athletics in Limerick and other things- in the Leader this week :)

Good luck to all those running in Galbally soon 😀

29/08/2026

Well done to all who took part in the hilly but scenic Curraghchase 10K which was 'revived' today after a 3 year gap. Best placed 'Dooneener' was Louise Matthews who was 4th lady in 46:30 👏. Niall Bennis in 44:07 was 11th male and 13th overall. Other times included Séamus McCarthy 47:47, Kieran O’Brien 47:34, Kieran Edwards (honorary Dooneen 'associate' 47:47 😀 ), June Clifford 57:08, Mike Clarke 52:41, and his wife Geraldine Ryan 59:38, Catherine Sheehan clocked 56:47 while husband and club vice chair John Sheehan, a nearby residents was on the 'lead bike' duties.

Elsewhere in the Dèise County Marcella McGrath was 1st O50 Female in an excellent time of 1:36 🧨👏

Dooneen Abù 🏇🔺👏🧨

24/08/2026

Well done to the many Dooneen athletes who represented their 'local area' and county with pride at the Community Games National Finals at SETU Carlow the past weekend 👏🔺💚

23/08/2026

Well done to all who ran in the B.M.O.H hosted 'Sixmilebridge 6 Mile' in the Banner County today 👏.

Karen was 3rd woman in 46:49 with Sixmilebridge native Marion O'Halloran 'home' in 1:12:39. Husband and wife pair Geraldine Ryan and Mike Clarke clocked 54:48 and 49:41 respectively ☺️ 👏

B.M.O.H. is a Clare based athletics club with a rich history but had been inactive in recent years and this event, combined with a shorter children's run marked their 'restart'.

Clare Rose 🌹 Mèabh Holland, herself a runner was the race starter.

Dooneen Abù 🏇🔺 👏🧨

22/08/2026

Surely the most location exotic location of any Dooneen athlete this weekend is Iceland where Declan Kennedy ran the Reykjavik Marathon in a time of 3:09:40 for 49th place 👏

Very well done Declan 👏🔥🔥🇮🇸