Name: Pádraig O’Sullivan Age: 57 Occupation: Retired teacher Local parkrun: Glengarriff Number of parkruns completed: 111 How did you get involved in parkrun? I had heard about the parkrun phenomenon, so when parkrun started in Glengarriff, I got involved. What do you love about parkrun? The community spirit that it brings every week. I love meeting the…
Name: Connor Jennings Age: 50 Occupation: Commercial Insurance Underwriter Local parkrun: St Anne’s Park Number of parkruns completed: 327 How did you get involved in parkrun? I did my first parkrun in 2012 when the first parkrun in the Republic of Ireland started in Malahide. It became a habit on a Saturday morning…
Name: Clare Noone Age: 37 Occupation: Secondary School Teacher Local parkrun: Lough Key parkrun Number of parkruns completed: 89 plus a few! How did you get involved in parkrun? I went for the first time with my Dad, Anthony – he used to be faster than me! I had been running around my…
Name: Marian Fagan Age: 54 Occupation: Running my busy household! Local parkrun: Castletown, Co. Kildare Number of parkruns completed: 121 How did you get involved in parkrun? I did my first parkrun in Griffeen in April 2015 but it wasn’t until November that year that I did my next one. At that stage I…
Name: Jason Le Masurier Occupation: Professional speaker and civil engineer Local parkrun: Buncrana, Co Donegal Number of parkruns completed: I have taken part in 21 different parkruns locations all over the world. A great experience! How did you get involved in parkrun? My wife and I were involved in setting up…
Name: Aoife Kelly Age: F40 category Occupation: Bank Official Local parkrun: St Anne’s, Dublin Number of parkruns completed: 102, I was lucky to complete my 100th just before Covid-19. Volunteered 58 times to date. 1 Freedom run. How did you get involved in parkrun? I did my first parkrun in Malahide in 2013. 2014…
Name: Darina Hynes Age: 40 Occupation: Scientist Local parkrun: Tymon Number of parkruns completed: 102 How did you get involved in parkrun? My friend recommended her local parkrun but was a little far away for me so I decided to check out Tymon parkrun on my own one Saturday morning in October 2017 and…
Name: Shane O Doherty Age: 18 Occupation: StudentNurse Local parkrun: Sligo Number of parkruns completed: 46 How did you get involved in parkrun? I started from couch to 5K and parkrun was one of the first 5Ks I ever ran. I ran the Dublin City Marathon last year at 18. What do you…
Name: Murt Ó Séaghdha (aka O’Shea) Age: 70 Occupation: Retired IT professional and college lecturer Local parkrun: Dundalk Number of parkruns completed: 104 How did you get involved in parkrun? Shortly after parkrun began in Dundalk in June 2015, my wife heard about it, tried it out and persuaded me to give it a…
Name: Darina Hynes Age: 40 Occupation: Scientist Local parkrun: Tymon Number of parkruns completed: 102 How did you get involved in parkrun? My friend recommended her local parkrun but was a little far away for me so I decided to check out Tymon parkrun on my own one Saturday morning in October 2017 and…
