Donore Harriers
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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
[edit]- 1948 London: J.P. Reardon, C. Clancy
- 1956 Melbourne: E. Kinsella
- 1960 Rome: Bertie Messitt, W. Dunne
- 1964 Tokyo: B. Clifford, T. O’Riordan
- 1976 Montreal: Jim McNamara, E. Coghlan
- 1980 Moscow: E. Coghlan, S. Egan
- 1996 Atlanta: Roman Linscheid
European Athletics Championships representatives
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Brendan Hackett, a member[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Club History". Donore Harriers. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Donore Harriers Development Report |". Athletics Ireland. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Athletics Ireland: Irish Caps" (PDF). Athletics Ireland.
- ^ "Hackett appointed Irish athletics chief". Irish Examiner. 18 October 2005.
External links
[edit]- Official website of Donore Harriers