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 […]
Marathonkids Ireland welcomes Gaeltachta na hÉireann
Following a successful partnership with the Marathonfamiles Programme during the lockdown Gaeltachta na hÉirinn and Marathonkids Ireland have launched Maratón na bPáistí in Gaeltachta throughout the Country. This has seen nearly 1400 students start the 8 week programme this October. Maratón na bPáistí is delivered through our Gaeltacht Booklet and each student will receive their […]
Welcome to Marathonkids 2020
Welcome to Marathonkids Ireland 2020 programme! It’s great to have you on board. As you know, Marathonkids Ireland 2020 will start on the week starting 5th October 2020. The recommended timeline to complete the program is 8 weeks. Each Student will record daily updates in their physical or digital workbooks. The Topics tie in to the […]
Register for Marathonkids Ireland 2020
The new and improved Marathonkids program for 2020 is here! Marathonkids has been a huge success over the last 5 years. We have had over 20,000 students, 150 schools and 350 classes complete the program since we launched in 2015. The last 6 months have been particularly hard and confusing for children and with that […]
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 […]
You Are Almost There!
Welcome back from your well-deserved break! Did you know you are at Week 8 of the programme? You are almost there! But first, let’s take a peek at this week’s visits by our ambassador David Gillick. We have some nice little videos and some cool pictures, which you can find below and that we will also post […]