Fagan and Cullen lead depleted Irish assault on Madrid

MARTIN FAGAN and Mary Cullen are named in the Irish senior teams for the European cross-country championships in Toro, near Madrid, on Sunday week.

Tue, 27 Nov, 2007 - 00:00

Brendan Mooney

Last Friday they finished second in the famous Thanksgiving Day Manchester Road Race in the US.

Fagan, preparing for a shot at Olympic qualification at the Houston Marathon in January, fought out a thriller with the Australian, Andrew Letherby, over the 4.7 mile course before losing by just one second in 21 mins 55 secs.

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Courts Place: Madrid Place: Toro Place: US Place: The Curragh Place: Ireland Place: Kenya Place: Portugal Place: Great Britain Place: Phoenix Park Place: West Waterford Place: Cork Place: Dublin Place: Limerick Place: Carlow Place: Toro, Spain Person: Fagan Person: Cullen Person: Martin Fagan Person: Mary Cullen Person: Andrew Letherby Person: Mullingar Person: Mark Christie Person: Gareth Turnbull Person: Gary Murray Person: Vinny Mulvey Person: Joe McAllister Person: Colm Rooney Person: Roisin McGettigan Person: Anne Keenan-Buckley Person: Fionnuala Britton Person: Jessica Augusto Person: Hattie Dean Person: Hayley Yelling Person: Deirdre Byrne Person: Britton Person: Jolene Byrne Person: Pauline Curley Person: Maria McCambridge Person: Andrew Ledwith Person: David McCarthy Person: Lorraine Person: Ffrench O’Carroll Person: Charlotte Person: Rebecca Person: Mark Hanrahan Person: Mark Kirwan Person: Cathal Dennehy Person: Danny Darcy Person: Darcy Person: Brendan O’Neill Person: John Coghlan Person: Linda Byrne Person: Frances Nic Reamoin Person: M. Fagan Person: G. Murray Person: G. Turnbull Person: V. Mulvey Person: J. McAllister Person: C. Rooney Person: M. Cullen Person: F. Britton Person: Sli Chulainn Person: D. Byrne Person: J. Byrne Person: P. Curley Person: M. McCambridge Person: M. Christie Person: J. Sweeney Person: M. Clohisey Person: Raheny Shamrocks Person: C. Dennehy Person: D. Darcy Person: A. Ledwith Person: L. Byrne Person: F. Nic Event: European Event: Thanksgiving Day Manchester Road Race Event: Olympic Event: Houston Marathon Event: Thanksgiving Day Event: Olympics Event: European Championships Event: Olympic Games Event: European Cross Country Championship Event: Gerry Farnan Memorial Event: European Cross-Country Championships Organisation: U-23 Organisation: Ferrybank Organisation: -23 Organisation: IRISH TEAMS Organisation: Mullingar Harriers Organisation: St Malachy’s Organisation: Raheny Shamrocks Organisation: Clonliffe Harriers Organisation: North Sligo AC Organisation: Tullamore AC Organisation: Dundrum South Dublin Organisation: Emerald AC Organisation: St Laurence O’Toole Organisation: Fr Murphy’s

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