Donore Harriers

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

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

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

Brendan Hackett, a member[4]

References

"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

Official website of Donore Harriers

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