Darragh McElhinney aiming to land maiden national senior cross-country title 

The UCD student is one of the favourites for the men’s race, but this is a title that’s famously hard to win, and McElhinney knows it, having finished second behind Hiko Tonosa in Santry last year

WEST CORK'S FINEST: Darragh McElhinney. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The journey from Glengarriff, Co Cork, to Rosapenna, Co Donegal, takes close to eight hours, totalling north of 500km. 

But for the family of Darragh McElhinney, it’ll be a trip well worth making if the 22-year-old lands his first national senior cross-country title this weekend.