Donore Harriers


Donore Harriers is an athletics club founded in 1893. It is located in Chapelizod, Dublin.
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.

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