Mooney and Sheridan crowned inaugural winners of the Dublin City Half Marathon

On a beautiful, blue-sky day in the capital, there was decent crowd support along the route, the event starting on O’Connell Street at 8.30am and touring the city’s northside before looping back to the finish on Guild Street.

Scenes at Dublin city half marathon. Pic: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Killian Mooney and Nichola Sheridan made history as the inaugural winners of the Dublin City Half Marathon on Sunday morning, the race’s first edition proving a huge success with almost 12,000 competitors taking to the streets of the capital.

Mooney broke away from his rivals just four miles into the race and the 29-year-old, running for Dundrum South Dublin AC, hit the line a comfortable winner in 1:05:40 to take the top prize of €2,500. Next best was David Kelly of St Coca’s AC (1:07:02), with Armagh’s Michael Fox third in 1:07:24.