Club News

The journey started back in Ironman Lanzarote 2024 where I qualified in my age group for the World Championships which were going to be held in Nice, France, in September.  Others close to me argued that the journey started in 2018 with my first Ironman in Bolton, UK and fast forward to my 6th IM […]

The last month of the home racing season kicked off with two of our favorites in the same weekend. The Lost Sheep, Middle Distance National Championships, Kenmare Excellently hosted in perfect conditions by Cork Triathlon Club. First time participant Kathryn Fahy seemed to take those hills in her stride, and after a hectic summer came […]

On Sunday morning next September 22nd, Angela Robertson will line up for the Ironman World Championships, becoming the first Limerick TC woman to do so. Angela qualified for this race at Ironman Lanzarote in May this year. Angela is our most prolific female long distance athlete having previously completed: Ironman UK Bolton 2018, Ironman Barcelona […]

‘Tri Kingdom Come’  We had a great crowd travel to Tralee for this race, but unfortunately when an incident meant there would not be sufficient medical cover. A tough call, but safety should always be the priority. LOUGHREA SPRINT (NS) Megan Halvey raced the morning session in the Youths 12-13 triathlon. It was a blustery […]

Each year I try to do a home race that I haven’t done before. I had heard great reports of the Tyrone event and it fitted into my summer plans.. The race has been run for about 10 years, played host to the National Championships and has been voted race of the year. The 2024 […]

Megan Halvey traveled to Lanesboro and won the girls 11-12 Age Group at the Two Provinces Kidathon. Well done to Robbie Bannon, Dermot Hayes and Wayne Clifford raced the  Kilkenny Sprint triathlon. Huge congratulations to Clíona Mc Carthy & Izabela Tomaszewicz at the HARDMAN Half in Waterville. This was Clíona’s first time at the distance […]

Kilkee ‘Hell of the West’ once again lived up to its reputation – you never quite know what you are going to get in June on the Loop Head peninsula. Athletes had traveled from near and far for this legendary National Series race, with some even having been to see Taylor Swift the night before […]

Up the Creek, Kilrush The club was out in force for this challenging sprint race in Kilrush.  We retained the John Lynch Memorial trophy for the top club at Up the Creek 2024, as well as dominating the podium with Sinéad Walsh taking the win and Eimear Laffan in Second. On the Men’s side Mike […]

A breezy night for our final round, but there were still plenty of seasons and personal bests including the times from Conor O’Dea (Course Record), Santiago, Siobhan Quain, Declan Forde and Izabella Fitzgerald. Ray Kearney was fastest for the boys and Róisín K was first for the girls & breaking her own course record in […]

We look forward to another great days racing – all the information you need for this Saturdays race: Kilkee 2024 Event info Sign in Friday 6.00pm – 9.00PM Sign in Saturday 7.00AM – 8.30AM Transition opens 7.30AM Transition Closes 9.00AM Swim start Wave 1 9.20AM   Our thanks to Kilkee Waterworld, who are offering athletes […]

For many years, the first Limerick Triathlon Club member across this line at Hell of the West has been  awarded the Joey Hannan Cup. More recently, a second cup was added for the first Female member. We are honored to announce that the family of Lynne Algar have kindly allowed us to use her name […]

We look forward to welcoming our athletes to the Loop Head peninsula on Saturday June 29th. Our swim as ever is in Kilkee’s sheltered Horseshoe bay. Swim HoTW The cycle this year is a variation on recent years, with riders heading out to Carrigalhot, onto Cross and into Kilbaha, where there’s a short loop back […]