Athenry AC

Athenry AC Athenry AC Founded in 2002 with 3 original members, the club has now grown to over 200 senior members with a separate Juvenile section.

Noted for its relaxed, open door policy the club has always welcomed new runners of all capabilities & gains a large number of new members yearly from the Fit4Life programme whilst still encouraging & assisting more accomplished athletes to achieve their goals. The club is a great supporter of local & national athletics, the maroon & white singlets are regularly seen pounding the roads around Galw

ay City & County and further afield with the Dublin City Marathon being the highlight of many members racing calendar. The club also has had some international runners amongst its ranks with Paul Hession representing Ireland at the Bejing & London Olympics in the 200m sprints & also becoming the first Irish man to qualify for a 200m European Athletics final in 2010 at Barcelona. We currently have two national record holders with Valerie Glavin the holder for longest distance covered in 24hrs indoors (217.8km) & Ruthann Sheahan the holder for longest distance covered in 24hrs outdoors (229.3km). Ruthann set this record whilst representing Ireland in the 2012 World & European 24hr Championships where she finished as 5th European & 7th in the World. The club holds its flagship race, the Fields of Athenry 10km, every St Stephens Day & it has grown to become one of the top 10km road races in the country, drawing in excess of 1400 runners from across the country every year. Club members meet at various locations & times throughout the week although the Saturday morning club run at 9.00am from the Church Car Park is a long tradition which is open to everyone of all fitness levels. We also have weekly Speed sessions which take place every Tuesday with Tempo sessions on Thursday. Both begin at 7pm and start from the Church car park.

Best of luck to our fantastic ladies from Athenry Athletic Club taking part in the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon this Sunday...
28/05/2026

Best of luck to our fantastic ladies from Athenry Athletic Club taking part in the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon this Sunday in aid of Breakthrough Cancer Research 💜🏃‍♀️

Representing the club are Teresa McGrath, Saundra Watson, Jackie Caulfield, Gemma Murphy, Catherine McDonagh and Anne Monaghan — with Martina Dempsey also part of the team (missing from photo).

We’re very proud of you all and wish you the very best on the day!

https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/Breakthroughcancer1

We loved hosting one of the 6 Galway 5km series legs again this year! We cant wait to welcome ye all to Athenry for our ...
28/05/2026

We loved hosting one of the 6 Galway 5km series legs again this year!
We cant wait to welcome ye all to Athenry for our annual 10K on December 26th

The early bird catches the worm 😉 sign up now!
www.athenry10k.com

Galway 5km series 2026 completed 🙌 Well done to everyone who partook this year!Thanks for hosting us Craughwell AC Senio...
28/05/2026

Galway 5km series 2026 completed 🙌
Well done to everyone who partook this year!
Thanks for hosting us Craughwell AC Senior !
Roll on 2027

John S O Connor has photos up here
Thanks for capturing us over the six weeks

https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenhill77/albums

Take care tonight folksSun cream and hydrate well 🌞
26/05/2026

Take care tonight folks
Sun cream and hydrate well 🌞

Forecast is for a very hot one this evening 🥵

The heat will impact everyone at this evening’s 5k race in Craughwell. Very easy to overheat and suffer badly. Hydrate well all day, adjust your race pace accordingly and look after yourselves.

Water will be available at the finish line.

For post race cool-down, head to the community centre to discuss your 6 weeks of awesome running 😊 Tea, coffee & sandwiches will be available there for participants.

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25/05/2026

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The very popular C10 is BACK and better than ever 🔥

Need a race to train for over the summer? 👟
Why not make it the Craughwell 10 Mile or 10km on September 6th… you choose! 🙌

Great atmosphere, great course, and a brilliant day out for runners of all levels!

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We're excited for Tomorrow's finale Start drinking your water now it's gonna be hot 🔥 🥵 Lets finish off the series stron...
25/05/2026

We're excited for Tomorrow's finale
Start drinking your water now it's gonna be hot 🔥 🥵

Lets finish off the series strong
Excited to see ye Craughwell AC Senior

Good luck to Shane Begley in Capetown and Michael, Tony and Rob taking on the Burren today
23/05/2026

Good luck to Shane Begley in Capetown and Michael, Tony and Rob taking on the Burren today

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