Everything you need to know about cycling in Co. Kerry, Ireland
After 6 events, Cathal Moynihan was overall winner of the 2011 Kerry Time Trial League held in Tralee. He crowned his victory on the last evening of the league with a very fast sub 30 minute 20 Kilometers.
Cathal Moynihan - Overall Winner of the 2011 Kerry Time Trial League
Padraig Brennan, from Waterville first got involved with the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle in 1991, the eighth year of the event. Since then he has successfully completed the 112-mile route 18 times. 2011 will be his 19th time to participate in the Radio Kerry Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle in aid of local Kerry charities.
Padraig Brennan
Friends of St. Josephs Home, Killorglin
Providing for the Comfort and Needs of the Residents Tel: 066 9761124 Email: stjosephskillorglin@eircom.net
Other contact names and emails:
Michelle Cooper Galvin – Tel: 087 2583336 – Email: coopergalvin@gmail.com
Michael Moriarty – Tel: 0879031452 – Email: michael@moriartymurphy.ie
It’s the best way to experience the Ring of Kerry
for chasers, chain gangs and even a bag of spanners!
Aghadoe provided the breathtaking backdrop to today’s launch of the 28th annual Radio Kerry Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle. The 112 mile leisure cycle, which to date has raised €4.1 million for over 100 charities, takes place on Saturday, July 2nd 2011.
The feature event of the weekend is the 46th John Drumm Memorial Cup Race on Sunday at 1.15 pm but we have a range of supporting events as well to accomodate all standards of cyclists. The first event is the Sliabh Luachra 15km time trial on Saturday night. This is open to all catagories and has cash prizes for the first 6 with unplaced prizes for A2, A3, A4, Ladies, Under 16, Under 14, Over 40 and Over 50. Sign on is from 6.30 to 7.20 with the first rider off at 7.45. This is almost one lap of the race circuit for the following day.
Sunday’s action commences with the underage racing starting at 12.15. These are races for Under 14 and Under 12. These will be held on a 4 mile circuit with 3 laps for the Under 14s and 1 for the Under 12s. Prizes will be for the first 6 in each race with the best unplaced Under 13 and Under 11 also winning a trophy.
The final touches have been put to the plans for the An Post RAS overnight visit to the Castleisland area. The Stage finish is on Tuesday next (24th) with the Stage starting on Wednesday when the race leaves for Castletownbere via Currow. The timng of all the events are as follows;
The Currow Cycling Club has been given the honour of hosting a stage finish in Castleisland on May 24th. The cyclists will make their way in what is being billed as the first decisive day of the race from Kilrush to Limerick, onto Abbeyfeale, to the new Limerick Road Roundabout and onto the bypass to the Tralee road where they turn left into and through Castleisland town to the old Library where its a left turn passing Crag Caves and the Catagory 1 climb, turning left again and following the same route to Castleisland to the finish line on Upper Main Street.
I was in Castleisland today to catch a glimpse of the Kerry Group 2011 Rás Mumhan passing. It was a good spectacle for anyone watching because there were a number of groups on the road. The video below is a quick video of the main bunch passing, at this stage they were a number of minutes behind the leading group.
Kerry Group Rás Mumhan 2011 - Stage 1 Castleisland
The 2011 Kerry Group Rás Mumhan get under way in Killorglin Co. Kerry from Good Friday April 22 to Easter Monday April 25, 2010. This is a 4-Day International Cycle Race and is promoted by Killorglin Credit Union Cycling Club.
There are 160 cyclists and large number of support vehicles. There will be a rolling closure of the road as the race passes each area; some delays are to be expected. Killorglin Credit Union Cycling Club regrets any inconvenience caused.
For Further Details please read the following safety notice.
Check out the following link for a very cool list of activities as run by the Kerry Bicycle Festival which takes place this year from the 6th to the 13th of May.
Kerry Bicycle Festival
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