The marathon will start on St Patrick’s Street at 8.15am.
The 10k runners will meet at 8.15am on Merchant’s Quay, and then start their race on St Patrick’s Street at 8.45am.
The Half Marathon will start on Monahan Road at 10.15am.
You can enter online here. (Link opens EventMaster.ie for registration)
The Cork City Marathon is an official 42.195km (26 miles and 385 yards) marathon course and serves as a Boston qualifier.
It is overall, a fast and flat course.
As with all major city marathons, the challenge for the marathon course committee was to design a route that would maximise the runners’ experience while minimising the disruption to the public. We also wanted to make this truly a city marathon, by bringing the race to as much of the city as possible.
There are a few immovable constraining factors: The options to the north of the River Lee are limited because of the steep hills. To the south, the potential course is restricted by the critical South Ring Road, which carries large amounts of traffic into or around the city centre. Despite these restrictions, the course committee designed a route that takes the runners north, east, south and west of the city centre along a very flat course.
The marathon and 10k begin and finish on the city centre’s main street, St Patrick’s Street.
The Route
Click on the map to open a high-quality PDF version of the route.
The Marathon Course
Below is a wonderful trip through what you’ll encounter. Apart from the 6-hour course limit, there are two other time limits you need to be aware of, before you head off on your journey.
You must reach the Jack Lynch Tunnel within 2hrs of the start. This should be ample time, even for walkers.
The South Link Road will start reopening for traffic from 12.00pm so you must be past this point by then.
A Trip along the Marathon Course
For a trip along the Cork marathon course, click here!
Prize Structure
Full Marathon prize structure 2023:
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories*: €11,000
1st: €1,000
2nd: €900
3rd: €800
4th: €700
5th: €600
6th: €500
7th: €400
8th: €300
9th: €200
10th: €100
€100, €75, €50 for 1st, 2nd & 3rd respectively in each age category: €2,250
35–44
45–54
55–64
65–74
75+
*There must be 3 or more entries to constitute a prize-winning category.
*Prizes are awarded equally to male and female categories.
Keane’s Jewellers Perpetual Cork City Marathon Trophies
Kindly donated by Keane’s Jewellers, the first across the line in the men’s and women’s marathon receive a beautifully crafted silver trophy. The trophies will be engraved with the winners’ names. Unfortunately, the trophies are perpetual, so the winners have to part with their silverware at the end of their reigning year!
