Visit to St John’s & St Kevin’s
On March 28th, our ambassador David Gillick visited St John’s and St. Kevin’s. Introduced by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Office Gwen O’Looney, David spoke to all the classes about his running career and what inspired him to become an athlete. They were very lucky with the perfect weather and the kids got a huge amount from […]
Visit to St. Patrick’s NS, Glencullen
On March 28th, our ambassador David Gillick visited St Patrick’s NS in Glencullen. Introduced by Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Office Gwen O’Looney, David spoke to all the classes about his running career and what inspired him to become an athlete. They were very lucky with the perfect weather and the kids got a huge amount from […]
Visit to Our Lady of Mercy, Waterford
On March 23rd, our ambassador David Gillick visited Our Lady of Mercy senior school in Waterford. Introduced by Waterford Sports Office Brian O’Neill, David spoke to all the classes about his running career and what inspired him to become an athlete. He spoke about the importance of physical activity for both our physical and mental […]
Welcome to Marathonkids Ireland 2022!
Welcome to Marathonkids Ireland 2022 programme! It’s great to have you on board. As you know, Marathonkids Ireland 2022 will start on the week commencing 21st February 2022. The recommended timeline to complete the programme is 8 weeks. Each Student will record daily updates in their physical or digital workbooks. Each Week the interactive workbook will allow students […]
Welcome to Marathonkids Ireland 2021!
The launch of the Marathonkids Ireland 2021 Program took place on Wednesday, Sep 8th at Morton Stadium in Santry. Over 12,500 students across Fingal County, Dublin City Sport and Wellbeing Partnership, South Dublin Co Co, Galway Co Co and areas throughout the Gaeltacht representing over 200 schools have enrolled for the 2021 program. Marathonkids Ireland […]
Thanks from Marathon Families!
Marathon Families was a great success in providing much needed activity for families across Dublin at a difficult time. Thanks to Fingal County Council for pioneering the programme and to South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council for driving the programme forward, KBC Dublin Marathon for their constant support and all the families that […]
Week 3 and You Are a Superstar!
Aisling Moloney from RTE News2Day, along with our ambassador David Gillick, visited St Ronan’s NS on Sep 13th and spoke about Marathonkids Ireland. The students were filmed while running and doing warm up exercises. CLICK TO WATCH THE VIDEO Our ambassador David has already started visiting some of the schools that are part of the programme like St. Ronan’s […]
It’s Already Week Two!
The 2019 programme has kicked off in Fingal, Dublin City and South Dublin schools on September 9th. To get you in the mood, you can watch some archive videos from last year’s launch in Fingal and South Dublin. You can watch both videos below: CLICK TO WATCH THE FINGAL VIDEO CLICK TO WATCH THE SOUTH DUBLIN VIDEO And […]
Welcome to Marathonkids Ireland 2019!
Welcome to Marathonkids Ireland 2019 programme! It’s great to have you and your school on board. As you know, Marathonkids is an 8-week programme promoting exercise to 5th and 6th class students in Fingal, Dublin City and South Dublin County Councils. During the course of the programme students will: Take part to four running sessions per […]
Welcome to Marathonkids 2018 – What You Need to Know
Welcome to Marathonkids Ireland 2018 programme! It’s great to have you and your school on board. As you know, Marathonkids is an 8-week programme promoting exercise to 5th and 6th class students in Fingal and South Dublin County Councils. During the course of the programme students will: Take part to four running sessions per week […]