Donore Harriers is an athletics club founded in 1893. It is located in Chapelizod, Dublin.[1]

Originally based in South Circular Road and then Islandbridge, the club moved to a modern clubhouse opposite the Chapelizod Gate to the Phoenix Park in 1993.

A new 300m polyurethane running track and athletics field was built on the club grounds in the autumn of 2007.[2]

Olympic Games representatives

European Athletics Championships representatives

  • 1954: Berne: E. Kinsella, B. O’Reilly
  • 1958: Stockholm: B. Messitt
  • 1962: Belgrade: B. Messitt
  • 1966: Budapest: T. O’Riordan, J. McNamara
  • 1974: Rome: E. Coghlan
  • 1978: Prague: E. Coghlan
  • 1982: Athens: S. Egan
  • 1990: Split: V. McGovern
  • 1998: Budapest: R. Linscheid
  • 2014: Zurich: J. Travers[1][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Club History". Donore Harriers. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. "Donore Harriers Development Report |". Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. "Athletics Ireland: Irish Caps" (PDF). Athletics Ireland.
  4. "Hackett appointed Irish athletics chief". Irish Examiner. 18 October 2005.
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