Location...Kilmeedy is a small village located in the West of Limerick...
It is about 10 kms or 6 miles to the south-east of Newcastle West...
Directions......
From Buttevant......take the R522 road for Newcastle West. In Dromcollogher, take the first major right hand turn in the town. Follow the signposts for the R519 and Ballingarry. Kilmeedy is located on the R519.From Newcastle West.....from the roundabout at the eastern side of the town, take the R520. After almost exactly 5 miles / 8 kms, you will come to a crossroads which is clearly marked. Take the right here for Kilmeedy.
From the N20 Cork-Limerick road.....At Rourke's Cross (5 miles/8 kms to the N of Charleville. new petrol station here), take the R518 for Newcastle West. After 5.6 miles/9 kms, take the R520 for Newcastle West. After a further 3 miles/5 kms, take the R519 left for Kilmeedy.
From Rathkeale.....From the centre of the town, take the R518 for Ballingarry. After almost exactly 1 mile, take a right. Kilmeedy is signposted from here.
Registration is at Áras Íde Resource Centre at the crossroads in Kilmeedy.
Course map...
Course Profile.....
Course details.......The race more or less starts and finishes very close to the Áras Íde Resource Centre at the crossroads in the village.
Course description...As you can see from the profile above, the course can be broken up into three pieces.....first two miles downhill......miles two to three flat......and then a gradual uphill for the last two miles.
The race starts outside Geary's Garage...
Almost straight away, the road begins to drop away as you leave the village. At 1.5 miles, you turn left onto a narrow country road...
At the 3 mile mark, you turn left at a crossroads and head back towards Kilmeedy...
Approaching the village...
Left at the junction...
....and run in the last 100 metres or so to the finish line...
As you can see in the photo above, the Resource Centre at the crossroads is just ahead...
Overall.....The hardest part is probably the last two miles with an uphill pull to the village but the incline is pretty modest. A reasonably fast course on quiet country roads.
