17 May 2012 - Local athlete competes in Olympic Stadium
Sprinter, Jordan Hillton from Protora Grammar School, Enniskillen,who train with the Donegal Town group, departed on Monday and competes in the 'British School Inter Regional Competition' in the new Olympic Stadium London at the end of the week. The 17 year old flyer represents Northern Ireland Schools and is hoping for a PB on the straight that will feature Osain Bolt later in the summer.
17 May 2012 - Ulster Schools Track & Field
Good luck to the large number of young athletes from Carrick Voc, Killybegs Voc, Abbey Voc, Scoil Colmcille, Ballyshannon and Magh Éne, Bundoran who travel to Antrim on Friday/Saturday for the Ulster Schools Track and Field championships. All have qualified via regional schools championships and many will have realistic goals of gaining podium places and qualification for the 'All Ireland Schools' in Tullamore on Sat 2nd June.
17 May 2012 - Superb performances in Belfast Marathon
The conditions were not favourable in Belfast on Monday when the annual marathon, which attracted thousands to the city, was run. However the performances from a group of Tír Chonaill athletes was outstanding as they conquered the 26miles plus distance. Well done to the following who braved the conditions and posted the following times.
4.00.04 - Martin Gallagher
4.07.07 - Julie McMullin;
4.08.58 - Deborah Dawson;
4.11.19 - Riona McHenry ;
4.12.29 - Niall Clancy;
4.16.53 - Paul McGee;
4.20.43 - Nora Timoney;
4.22.30 - Tony Cummins;
4.25.06 - Martina McGee;
4.38.51 - Gerard Healy;
3.56.27 - Rory O’Connor (Riona’s brother).
15 May 2012 - Inter Firms 5k Road Race, Letterkenny
11May 2012 - Ballyshannon 5k 2012 Race 2
06 May 2012 - North West 10k, Letterkenny Race 1
On Sunday last the Annual North West 10k attracted over 3000, walkers/joggers and runners to the cathedral town. Again Tír Chonaill members posted excellent performances/times. All are members of training groups in Ballyshannon and Donegal Town.
39.11 - Richard McCarthy;
43.21 - Johnnie Ward;
43.07 - Sharon Meehan/Thomas;
43.11 - James Bradshaw;
44.14 - Manus Peoples;
44.51 - Pauric Keenaghan;
45.00 - Sinead Peoples;
47.40 - Clare Masterson;
47.48 - Anne Donoghue;
49.11 - Daire Doogan;
49.27 - Bernie McNeely;
49.27 - Lisa Dalton;
51.05 - Oral Doogan;
51.23 - Anne CannoN;
52.52 - Simon Waugh;
58.33 - Ethna McLoone;
29 Apr 2012 - Belfast Marathon
Good luck to the following club members who travel to Belfast for the annual Marathon Julie McMullin, Deborah Rooney, Riona McHenry, Martina McGee, Tony Cummins, Niall Clancy, Gerard Healy, Martin Gallagher and Paul McGee. Also to Richard Orr who tackles the Edinburgh Marathon. All the above are part of coach Paddy Donohue's very successful distance group and no doubt all will have positive reports to relay in the next few weeks.
29 Apr 2012 - Just Try It
With sporting fever due to take over the airwaves this summer, Donegal Sports Partnership and Tír Chonaill AC invites you to take part in 'Just Try It' June 2012. Why not make June 2012 your month to take up a new sport, join your local sports club or just get active.
The Just Try It June 2012 campaign led by the Donegal Sports Partnership is bringing together a host of sporting and recreational events to help get Donegal more active, and we want you to be a part of it. All sports clubs, leisure centres, fitness clubs, workplaces, schools, community groups are invited to organize all types of innovative and fun events to get their community active!
It could be as simple as taking ten minutes out of your busy day and going for a walk, cycle to work or organize a 'come and try' event at your local club. The more innovative and fun the event the better, remember it's about participation!
Donegal Sports Partnership will promote your event through their web site www.activedonegal.com and on their Facebook page and through the local media. In addition to this they will provide each group with a registration pack and the most innovative proposals will get an opportunity to win sporting equipment for a club/organization or community group of their choice.
To register please complete the form by clicking on the following link www.surveymonkey.com
For further details and a registration form contact Donegal Sports Partnership on 074-9116078/9 or
Email: info@activedonegal.com or download it from our web site: www.activedonegal.com
Tír Chonaill AC are currently putting together a programme of Just Try It events, starting with a 5k run/walk on 1st June - more details will be published during the next two weeks
29 Apr 2012 - Tír Chonaill AC Spring 5k series comes to Successful Conclusion Race 3
Jimmy Renfrew, Enniskillen AC and Jackie Harvey Tír Chonaill AC were male and female category winners when the 3rd and final club Spring 5k was held in glorious sunshine at Donegal Town on Sunday morning. more
24 Apr 2012 - Canice conquers London
Last Sunday morning the athletics public from around the world were glued to their TV screens as the most famous of marathons unwound around the streets of London. The 26miles plus challenge attracted over 50,000 competitors and millions of spectators and supporters. Cara 10mile organiser and Tír Chonaill member and patron Canice Nicholas took up the challenge for the 'Irish Heart Foundation' charity and came home very pleased with an outstanding time of 4hours 17mins 32secs. Canice reached halfway in 2hrs 2mins19secs and at the finish expressed satisfaction with his overall performance.
24 Apr 2012 - Kelly and Emma at 'British Sportshall Finals' at the NEC, Birmingham
Three club athletes were part of the 'Donegal Girls U15 Team' that qualified to represent Donegal and Ulster in the 'British Sportshall Finals' at the NEC, Birmingham on Saturday. All performed magnificently. Kelly McGrory fought her way to the final of the 4 lap sprint where she finished 2nd in a closely fought race. Emma Brady, won silver in the Speed bounce with a total of 87 in 30secs while the pair were joined by Kate McGowan in the 4 x 2 lap relay for a joint finishing time with Surrey in the final - the Donegal Team were given 2nd place. Well done girls.
24 Apr 2012 - Ardara 10k
The Ardara 10k attracted over 1000 walkers, runners and joggers last weekend. Congrats to the large number of club members that made the journey and supported such a worthy cause.
24 Apr 2012 - Training and Coaching
The numbers using the training and coaching facilities and expertise of Tír Chonaill at the moment is most encouraging. The clubs juvenile athletes - 8 to 18 years - now totals approx 200 training weekly at three venues - Donegal Town/Ballyshannon and Bundoran while fit4life/meet and train groups under the guidance of Kevin McGlynn, Donegal Town and Paddy Donoghue, Bundoran/Ballyshannon totals in the 60/70. Training nights include Tues/Thurs and Sunday mornings at various locations.
18 Apr 2012 - Bay Road 5K (Athletics NI 5k Championship) UU Magee Sports Centre
Bay Road 5k report from Eoghan Furey.pdf
15 Apr 2012 - Tír Chonaill AC 5k Spring Series Race 2
09 Apr 2012 - Tír Chonaill AC 5k Spring Series Race 2
Next Sunday morning 15th April - 10:00am start - will find the 2nd run/walk of the clubs sponsored 5k series. The event will again start and finish at the clubs facility at the Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town and registration will open at 9:00am sharp. All are welcome - walkers, joggers, fit4life, meet and train groups,'serious athletes'- it will cost you €5 and again 10 prizes will be drawn randomly. Hospitality afterwards. Enquiries to Eamon Harvey, 074 9721578 or any club member.
09 Apr 2012 - Tír Chonaill AC Open Invitational Meeting
A sincere thank you to all who planned, organised, officiated, provided electronic timing, medical support, PR, provided hospitality, sponsorship and to the numerous officials from all over Donegal and Ulster that supported in [trying conditions] in making the meet memorable and successful-- numerous positive texts/phone calls and emails have been received from visiting club athletes and officials.
Also to thank the Abbey Vocational School - Principal and PE Staff - for their assistance ref - provision of support facilities for to meet.
Thanks to meet sponsors Bio Insulate Ltd., Spray Foam Insulation, Laghey and Sean J. McGuinness & Sons, Builders Supplies, Bruckless, Co Donegal, The meeting attracted over 700 athletes, officials and supporters.
08 Apr 2012 - Tír Chonaill AC Athletes at Carney 10k – 09 Apr 2012
Some twenty club athletes, most from the south county training groups in Bundoran/Ballyshannon, made the short trip to Carney in North Sligo for the Annual 10k Road Race and once again came home with many category prizes and several personal bests. The results are as follows:
39.02 Gerry McManus (3rd)
43.04 Philomena Gallagher (1st)
43.15 Johnny Ward (pb)
43.59 Sean Cassidy
44.09 Michael Gallagher
44.17Sharon Meehan
45.13 Kevin McGlynn
45.41 Paul McGuckian
46.03 Canice Nicholas
46.25 Vera Haughey (pb – 1st)
47.23 Ann Donoghue (pb – 2nd)
47.23 Paddy Donoghue
47.50 Aidan McGonigle (pb)
49.24 Bernie McNeely (pb – 3rd)
49.54 Linda Ward (injured)
50.55 Colin McNeely (pb)
51.01 Eleanor Rooney
52.22 Carmel Gormley (pb)
54.00 Pamela Zarb (pb)
Also taking part from the local groups were, Denise Gallagher, Orla and Elaine Doran and Sinead and Mark McGowan. Congrats and well done all.
30 Mar 2012 - Finn Valley 5KSeries Race4
27 Mar 2012 - Kate McGowan smashes Irish Record
The clubs juveniles put together a series of outstanding performances when Part 1 of the 'Woodie's Irish Juvenile Indoor Finals' were held in Nenagh on Saturday and Sunday last. more
27 Mar 2012 - Clubs 5K Spring Series
Next Sunday morning - 10:00am start - will find the opening run/walk of the clubs sponsored 5k series. The event will start and finish at the clubs facility at the Abbey Vocational School and registration will open at 9:00am sharp.The 2nd and 3rd dates for your diary are Sunday mornings 15th and 29th April. All are welcome walkers, joggers, fit4life,meet and train groups,'serious athletes'- it will cost you €5 with a number of prizes drawn randomly each day and hospitality afterwards. Enquiries to Eamon Harvey, 087 279548.
23 Mar 2012 - Finn Valley 5KSeries Race3
17 Mar 2012 - Letterkenny StPatricks Day 5k
10 Mar 2012 - Cara Bundoran 10 mile Challenge 2012
09 Mar 2012 - Mark McGuinness, Mark Boyle and Daniel Gallagher in Glasgow
Three young athletes will travel to Galway today for the Irish X/C Finals - Mark McGuinness, Mark Boyle and Daniel Gallagher all have aspirations of top ten finishing positions.
09 Mar 2012 - Tír Chonaill AC 5k Series
The club announced this week that a series of 5k races/walks will take place on 1st/15th and 29th April, more details next week.
09 Mar 2012 - Tír Chonaill Athletes to represent Ulster in the British finals in Birmingham
Five club athletes, Eva McMullin, Kate McGowan, Kelly McGrory, Emma Brady and Christopher O’Loughlan who were part of the Donegal Teams at the Ulster Sportshall Finals in Magherafelt - winning team, will represent Ulster in the British Finals in Birmingham in April.
04 Mar 2012 - Scottish Indoors, in the Kelvin Hall Glasgow
Last weekend a large contingent of Club Athletes and Coaches traveled to Scottish Indoors, in the Kelvin Hall Glasgow.
On Sunday, Under 16 - 60m Hurdler Kate McGowan was in no nonsense form when she impressed in winning heats/semi-final and final in ever improving times of 9.04secs/8.99secs and 8.92 sec's defeating the best of Scotland and a number of traveling athletes from England and Ireland. She added a bronze in the Long Jump with a best of 4.77m. Brother Thomas kept it a family affair when he pushed the 3.5k U14 shot close to 10metres and a bronze medal position.
Eva McMullin, improving with every outing ran a PB time of 8.21secs in the U16 - 60m heats and in a blanket semi finish, narrowly missed final qualification - time 8.25secs. Ruth Gillespie ran impressively in the 60m hurdles heats but crashed out when she clobbered the 2nd hurdle in a very competitive semi-final.
Christopher O’Loughlan in heats ran 8sec - 60m and 26.54 sec's - 200m.
Well done to all at a venue which has been a happy hunting ground over the years for Tír Chonaill AC athletes. It was an historic occasion as from 2013 All Indoor Championships will be held in the new East Glasgow Indoor arena-now nearing completion in readiness for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
04 Mar 2012 - Finn Valley 5KSeries Race2
03 Mar 2012 - Magherafelt’s Meadowbank Indoors
On Saturday Magherafelt’s Meadowbank Indoor arena was a successful destination for all club athletes when Part 2 of the Ulster/ANI c/ships was held in chilly conditions. more
19 Feb 2012 - All Sports, Donegal Town Tír Chonaill AC 2011 Athlete of the Year Awards
Tír Chonaill juvenile athletes Karl Griffin, 2011 U18 European Youth Olympic Bronze medal 800m winner and Kate McGowan, Celtic Games, 2011 - U16 Hurdles winner receive annual awards from Gareth Britton, All Sports Donegal Town. Congrats to both Karl and Kate and a sincere thank you to All Sports for sponsoring these annual club awards.
19 Feb 2012 - Finn Valley 5KSeries Race1
13 Feb 2012 - Tír Chonaill Athletes star at Irish and Ulster Indoors
Last weekend,the clubs Senior and juvenile athletes made a successful trip to the prestigious Irish and Ulster Indoor Championships in Belfast's magnificent Odyssey Indoor Arena. more
13 Feb 2012 - 2012 Tír Chonaill Athletics Club Registrations
Could all members please ensure they have completed and paid their 2012 registrations. Registration officer is Anne McGowan 087 2249204 or Brenda Morris 087 9776368.
13 Feb 2012 - Relay for Life Donegal
By Paul Cosgrove
086 2652711
I've got a team entered in the 'Relay for Life Donegal' on May 26th/27th. You might do me a favour and give a mention on your web site that we're fundraising at Race 1 of the Finn Valley Series on 19th Feb . We'll be collecting at the registration desk and also at the refreshment table afterwards. (we'll be bringing some demon banana bread and home baking with us and looking for voluntary donations) paulcosgrove13@gmail.com
13 Feb 2012 - Co-operation Ireland presents Mara cycle 2012
Co-operation Ireland presents Mara cycle 2012, a weekend of cycling between the two major cities of Belfast and Dublin, with shorter distances to suit all abilities. more
01 Feb 2012 - Tír Chonaill AC Celebrates an Outstanding 2011
The function room in Donegal Towns Central Hotel was packed on Sunday Evening when Tír Chonaill AC celebrated the numerous 2011 club achievements. Prior to making presentations, club Chairman Paul O'Gara, highlighted a number of achievements and thanked various individuals and groups that worked tirelessly throughout the year ensuring that the club was successful on a number of fronts. He congratulated and thanked all the athletes- juvenile, seniors and masters - who weekly train and compete successfully all over Ireland and farther afield. more
01 Feb 2012 - Into 2012
January is viewed by many sports people as a quiet period. Tír Chonaill AC members seemed to have forgotten this sentence as the opening four weeks of the new year were very busy.
Thirty eight club members departed on New Years Eve for an eight day warm weather training stint in Monte Gordo, Western Algarve. The experience of training in an International facility, of mingling with International athletes was inspiring. Catriona McKiernan's visit to the group - where she trained and was involved in a most informative Q&A session was one of the many highlights.
01 Feb 2012 - Mary McLoone, Karl Griffin and Mark McGuinness
Mary McLoone had hardly returned home when she was straight into competition. She had early Indoor long jump victories in Belfast, Nenagh and last weekend in London. In winning the Athletics Ireland Games in Nenagh with a superb 6.13m best she has laid down a marker of greater things to come. Mary is now a full time athlete and we wish her every success in Olympic year 2012.
Karl Griffin, started his Indoor season with a breathtaking victory in the Irish Junior U20 Championships in Nenagh - time 50.43secs while Mark McGuinness at the same Championships battled his way to a bronze medal winning performance in the 1500m - time 4mins 14.2secs.
01 Feb 2012 - County Awards
The 2011 County Awards, hosted in the Finn Valley Centre, found the following club athletes being recognised.
County Senior Female - Mary McLoone
County Junior Female - Louise Harvey
County Junior Male - Christopher Doherty
Club Awards - Karl Griffin and Kate McGowan
07 Jan 2012 - Ulster Masters Cross-Country Championships 2012
John Cannon and Vinny Duffy competed in their first race of 2012 in Scotstown, Co. Monaghan on Saturday, January 7th. Both were happy with their runs on a very testing 8K country course and are looking forward to the many road races that lie ahead during the remainder of the year. It will be interesting to see how they fare against the club members who enjoyed a recent spell of training in the Algarve. Well done lads.
