The 36th Annual Tommy Ryan Memorial 5 Mile Road Race took place last Sunday February 16th, 2025.
We are once again so thankful that so many of you turned out to run our 5 Mile Race which is one of the classic races on the Cork Racing Calendar. There may be many new races added each year but we love the feedback that while it's challenging, this is an excellent racing course. It is a test of fitness and a change from the 'flat and fast' that are favourite buzz words in todays race advertisements. Variety after all is the spice of life!
Mark Walsh Leevale A.C. Michelle Kenny Leevale A.C.
Congratulations to our winners this year. Leevale A.C topped the podium this year with congratulations to Mark Walsh & Michelle Kenny as out first place finishers. The men's race was a tight battle with Mark making the break up the final hill but Sean Davin, and our last years winner John Meade talking 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Second finisher in our ladies race was also from Leevale A.C Emma Fitzpatrick and 3rd was Watergrasshill's Linda Kelly. A mention also to the winning club teams, St. Finbarr's winning 1st place in both the men's and the ladies categories, while the local team of Carrigaline AC were second home in the men's race and Watergrasshill were the second ladies team home this year.
Sean Davin, Mark Walsh, John Meade, Ruairi Egan Linda Kelly, Michelle Kenny, Emma Fitzpatrick, Karen Bevan
In recent years all profits from the Tommy Ryan 5 mile have been donated to two local charities, Carrigaline Meals on Wheels and the Foróige Youth Diversion Project. This year we are delighted to announce that we will be able to make our biggest ever charity donation to these wonderful charities in the region of €1,000 per charity, to support the incredible work that they do.
Foróige have been present at our races over the past couple of years, managing our water station, and this year we had some runners from Foróige taking part in the race too. As they have now deservedly gained recognition for state funding, this will be our last year providing a charity donation to them. We sincerely thank them for all the help they have given to us on race day, they have been a pleasure to work with, and we have no doubt we will see them at our races again in the future. We look forward to adding a new Carrigaline charity to our race day profits for 2026.
I want to share an inspiring story form our 2025 race, on both age spectrums of our winning ladies tables you will see a the Kenny name. Michelle was our leading leady this year but her mother Eileen Kenny was our 1st F75 winner, and in an incredible time of 38:57. This time would equally have placed her as a category winner of those 20 years her junior, not to mention traveling all the way from Athlone to run our race! The Kenny ladies have truly inspired us this year.
To all of our Eagle AC members who turned out in force to act as organisers, registrars, stewards, lead car drivers, cyclists, photographers, M.C, caterers & bakers, we are grateful for all of your efforts and help. Thank you to our sponsors the Edge Spots Kinsale roundabout for their generous donation to our race. Thank you to Myrunresults.ie, and especially Lucy who did a super job on the chip timing as always, along with the Red Cross ambulance who were on hand for your safety. Finally thank you to all the participants of our 36th Carrigaline 5 mile, we appreciate your support and your entry fee makes a difference to our charity partners. We do hope to see you all again in 2026.
Results of this years race as listed below.
Male Winners
1 Mark WALSH 00:26:15 6348 M M35 Leevale A.C.
2 Sean DAVIN 00:26:30 6198 M MS St. Finbarr's A.C.
3 John MEADE 00:26:43 6262 M M45 St. Finbarr's A.C.
4 Darren MCCANN 00:27:24 6253 M M35
5 Nathan Ryan O'HEHIR 00:28:05 6298 M MS St. Finbarr's A.C.
Female winners
1 Michelle KENNY 00:29:51 44 F F45 Leevale A.C.
2 Emma FITZPATRICK 00:30:35 628 F FS Leevale A.C.
3 Linda KELLY 00:31:09 6231 F F50 Watergrasshill A.C.
4 Breeda MCGINN 00:31:52 6256 F F40
5 Niamh CRONIN 00:32:43 6193 F F45 St. Finbarr's A.C.
Male Team Winners
1st St. Finbarr's A.C. 10 (Sean Davin, John Meade, Nathan Ryan O' Hehir)
2nd Carrigaline A.C. 57 (Peter Moreland, Conor Friel, Derek Hines)
Female Team Winners
1st St. Finbarr's A.C. 24 (Niamh Cronin, Irene Eighan, Mary Sweeney)
2nd Watergrasshill A.C. 26 (Linda Kelly, Lisa Crowley, Ciara Magner)
Female Category Prize Winners
F35
1 Claire STONE 00:40:14 197 F F35 Togher A.C.
2 Aisling O'DONOGHUE 00:41:09 666 F F35
3 Carla KENNEDY 00:42:13 645 F F35
F40
1 Ciara MAGNER 00:37:44 407 F F40 Watergrasshill A.C.
2 Edel CLARK 00:38:15 6186 F F40 Togher A.C.
3 Tamara LOPEZ 00:40:39 6240 F F40 Togher A.C.
F45
1 Irene EIGHAN 00:33:50 6208 F F45 St. Finbarr's A.C.
2 Sinéad O'REGAN 00:33:52 679 F F45 Courcey A.C.
3 Joanne HICKEY 00:40:27 708 F F45
F50
1 Lisa CROWLEY 00:34:08 6353 F F50 Watergrasshill A.C.
2 Josephine KELLEHER 00:34:37 6228 F F50 Donoughmore A.C.
3 Paula MULCAHY 00:37:50 6267 F F50
F55
1 Margaret MURPHY 00:45:33 6275 F F55 Togher A.C.
2 Anne O'KEEFFE 00:45:54 6300 F F55
3 Colette RYAN 00:46:07 6329 F F55 Togher A.C.
F60
1 Mary BUCKLEY 00:35:18 6181 F F60 Donoughmore A.C.
2 Mary SWEENEY 00:37:20 6335 F F60 St. Finbarr's A.C.
3 Kathleen O'CALLAGHAN 00:43:11 6286 F F60 Carrigaline A.C.
F65
1 Betty O'RIORDAN 00:46:38 6309 F F65
2 Ann BOGAN 00:46:54 604 F F65 Carrigaline A.C.
3 Maureen LYNCH 00:48:15 6245 F F65 Donoughmore A.C.
F70
1 Aileen O'KEEFFE 00:51:56 705 F F75 Wibblies A.C.
F75
1 Eileen KENNY 00:38:57 45 F F70 Tullamore Harriers A.C.
Male Category Prize Winners
M35
1 Peter MORELAND 00:28:08 660 M M35 Carrigaline A.C.
2 Dan FORREST 00:30:57 6216 M M35
3 Peter KIRWAN 00:34:18 6236 M M35
M40
1 Tadhg CROWLEY 00:28:44 614 M M40 Carraig-Na-Bhfear A.C.
2 Geoff MAHER 00:28:54 651 M M40
3 Mark MCGARRY 00:29:00 6255 M M40
M45
1 John GOGGIN 00:28:18 6221 M M45 St. Finbarrs A.C.
2 Stephen PENDER 00:30:32 78 M M45 Ballymore Cobh A.C.
3 John LYNCH 00:31:14 6242 M M45 Tracton A.C.
M50
1 Wiesław SOSNOWSKI 00:28:59 6333 M M50
2 Sean O'CALLAGHAN 00:31:28 6287 M M50 Togher A.C.
3 Martin O'REILLY 00:32:55 6308 M M50 St. Finbarr's A.C.M55
M55
1 Conor FLEMING 00:31:26 6214 M M55 Clonmel A.C.
2 Ger O'REGAN 00:32:30 6307 M M55 Midleton A.C.
3 John O'CONNELL 00:35:25 196 M M55 Carrigaline A.C.
M60
1 Cathal O'CONNELL 00:29:46 6289 M M60 St. Finbarr's A.C.
2 Sean O'BRIEN 00:38:18 6281 M M60
3 Anthony WALSH 00:39:47 6345 M M60
M65
1 Liam LYNCH 00:33:54 6244 M M65 Donoughmore A.C.
2 Michael MCGRATH 00:35:39 6257 M M65 Eagle A.C.
3 Brendan MURPHY 00:36:09 6273 M M65
M70
1 Willie O'RIORDAN 00:39:45 6311 M M70 St. Brendan's A.C.
2 Phillip O'DONOGHUE 00:45:32 665 M M70 Tracton A.C.
3 John WALSHE 00:45:43 43 M M70 Road Runners
M75
1 Richard PIOTROWSKI 00:45:31 6318 M M75 Eagle A.C.
Photo credits with thanks to Joe Murphy Photos & Mick Dooley Photos
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