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...
Read moreWelcome 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...
Read moreMarathonkids 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...
Read moreWelcome 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...
Read moreRegister 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...
Read moreThanks 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...
Read moreYou 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...
Read moreFuel Your Body for Sports
Do we make the right choices when it comes to food? Our body is like a car, it needs fuel. If we fail to fuel our body with the right energy it won’t perform as well as it can. Our ambassador David Gillick answers this and a lot more questions...
Read moreWhy is Water so Special?
How much water should we drink? Our ambassador David Gillick answered to this and a lot more questions directly from you when he visited Scoil Santain and St Kevin’s Boys NS in South Dublin this week. We have some nice little videos and...
Read moreIt’s More Than Winning!
Sport is more than just winning! This is the message for Week 5 and our ambassador David Gillick has been sharing it with schools from Fingal, Dublin City and South Dublin. We have already shared some nice little videos and some cool pictures...
Read moreLet’s Be Social!
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...
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