Location.....The picturesque village of Dundrum is located in South Tipperary, about 8 miles from Tipperary Town and 9 miles from Cashel. The map below shows the approach roads and it is well signposted.
The race HQ is at the local Scout / Community hall. The start line and finish line are within 200m of the scout hall....
Entrance to the Community Hall from the road....
A useful landmark is the local Centra store. Below is the view from the south-west showing the entrance to the community hall and the start line is beyond that...
Plenty of space for parking at the hall...
Course map........The map of the course is shown below...
Course Profile.......Very flat...
Course description....This is the view from the start line...dead straight and flat as you run past the Centra Store...
Just after the store, you pass a garage and the finish line is just beyond that...roughly 100m or so after the start line...
At the junction at 300m, you stay on the road straight ahead...
As you leave the village behind, the road ahead is dead straight and flat....
Around 0.8 miles, you pass the entrance to Marl Bog Forest on the right, famously known locally as the Duck Pond. This picturesque location is used by members of Dundrum AC for much of their training and is a nice area to visit.
Just after the 1 mile mark, it's left at the next crossroads......
.......and onto a smaller road but it continues mostly straight....and again, pretty flat...
At 1.6 miles, you turn left...
.........onto an even narrower country road....Again...straight and flat...
At 2.3 miles, you come to a crossroads where you turn right.....
....and onto the Green Road....another straight and flat road...
The Green Road comes to an end around 2.6 miles when you come to the road junction with the R505...the main road from Cashel. Turn left here...
....and continue into the village...again, straight and flat...
...passing St.Mary's Church...one of several impressive sandstone buildings in the village.
Around 2.8 miles, you enter the village proper...
...and at around the 2.9 mile mark, you take a left at the crossroads.......
....and up the road to the 'Start' line and onto the finish.
Overall.......Picturesque village with a lot of history. Seriously fast 5k course. Hardly a hill worth talking about and plenty of long straight sections. Must be one of the fastest 5k courses in Munster if not the country.
