On a balmy afternoon, in pleasant conditions more akin to early Autumn than the start of traditional winter, Paul O'Donnell won the Dublin Senior Cross Country title for the first time in his distinguished career. In a promising sign of form ahead of the National Senior Cross Country Championships in under three weeks' time, Paul showed his class when making a decisive surge to break clear of a select group of podium contenders over the final 1500m lap. On the grounds of the former State...

Dublin Juvenile Uneven Age, Junior & Senior Cross Country Championships National Sports Campus, Abbotstown Sunday 1st November 2026 The Dublin Juvenile Uneven Age, Junior & Senior Cross Country Championships will take place at the National Sports Campus, Abbotstown this Sunday 1st November 2026. All athletes competing have been pre-registered - look out for the DSD Flag and check in with a DSD Official to collect your race number. Please note the timetable in operation on the day. There will...

It was a delight to see the DSD endurance athletes compete so strongly at the front end of the Dublin City Marathon on Sunday. It was especially pleasing to see long time Club Stalwarts Meghan Ryan and Killian Mooney achieve a long held ambition of standing on the Dublin City Marathon podium. In what was a stacked elite field in the Men’s National Championships, Killian showed no signs of nerves as he went toe to toe with eventual winner Hugh Armstrong from 15K. Killian had held back...

We had a large turnout of participants from D.S.D., at the Irish Life Dublin Marathon on Sunday, with Killian Mooney finishing in 9th position overall, just pipped for first Irish man home, and Meghan Ryan 134th overall, 3rd Irish woman home. Details of DSD Women’s Team success and photos to follow. In the meantime list of DSD members in first 1,000. 9th Killian Mooney 2.15.44 54th Philip Simpson 2.32.09 134 Meghan Ryan 2.40.47 232 Rugby Wall 2.45.27 237 Owen Morris 2.45.39 312 Patrick...