Skerries Community Games

26/08/2026

National Cairn Community Games 2026- SETU Carlow

What an exciting day we had in Carlow on Saturday for the All Ireland Cairn Community Games Athletics Track & Field.

We had 20 athletes from Skerries who started this journey back in Skerries Rugby Club in May. They made it through their town, county, province and into the All Irelands which is something they should all be very proud of.

Our 10 individual athletes who all shone brightly ⭐️
🔹In the field events, we had 3 throwers; Áine in Ball Throw, Caoimhe in Discus and Ruby in Javelin. All had fantastic throws with PB's. 💪👏
🔹In the middle distance we had Dion in 600m and Aisling in the 800m. Both came through their heats and made it to the final placing very well with Dion 9th and Aisling 5th👏
🔹In the sprints, we had great success. Max in his first year under 14, got a 4th place medal in the final of the 80m hurdles after coming through the rounds🥉👏
We had 4 runners in the 200m. Kaleb made it to the semi final, narrowly missing a place in the final🙌🏼.
Hannah and Luka both got brilliant 3rd place bronze medals in the under 14 200m🥉🥉👏.
Then Fiadh in her first year under 16 won a national silver for 2nd! 🥈👏
A huge achievement for these athletes after training during the summer with the sprint coaches of Skerries Athletic Club under the leadership of Ailís McSweeney.

Our 4 relay teams also lead by Ailís were very impressive with all 4 teams making it through the rounds and into National finals 🙌🏼
*U12 boys- Dion, Jack, Cian, Sebastian, Joe
*U14 girls- Alice, Aisling, Eabha, Ruby, Hannah
*U14 boys- Finn, Daire, Luka, Kaleb, Max
*U16 girls- Caoimhe, Fia, Molly, Fiadh
Huge congrats to boys under 14 on placing 2nd a national silver medal!!🥈🎉

And this marks the end of Skerries Community Games activities for 2026. Well done to every single child who took part and thank you to their parents for their support. Thank you to our committee, volunteers and everyone who played a part in bringing Community Games to over 500 Skerries kids this year 🙏
If your child enjoyed taking part this year, please consider helping out next year by contacting one of our committee members (Aoife Power, Maeve Hegarty, Sandra Aoki, Saidhbh Dillon, Rebecca McIvor, Liam Harper). It is very rewarding to see the joy it brings to so many and we hope they will all have very happy memories.😊

21/08/2026

Safe travels and best of luck to our athletes heading to Carlow tomorrow for the National Cairn Community Games.
We have 10 competing in individual events and also 4 relay teams all representing Dublin. We are so proud of each and everyone of you who have qualified by excelling in our local games in May and then in the Dublin Community Games in June. Just to make it to the All Ireland is a massive achievement so enjoy your special day🙌🏼
🔵Individual Qualifiers
* Dion Keogh (U12 600m)
* Aine Garrigan (U12 Ball Throw)
* Hannah McAuley (U14 200m)
* Luka Aoki (U14 200m)
* Kaleb Keane (U14 200m)
* Aisling Hegarty (U14 800m)
* Max Quinn (U14 80m hurdles)
* Ruby Grennan (U14 Javelin)
* Fiadh Boardman (U16 200m)
* Caoimhe Hegarty (U16 Discus)

🔵Relay Qualifiers
U12 Boys:
Dion Keogh, Jack Coughlan, Cian Power, Sebastian Wallace, Joe Early.

U14 Girls:
Alice Traynor, Aisling Hegarty, Eabha Sheridan, Ruby Grennan, Hannah McAuley

U14 Boys:
Finn Banim, Kaleb Keane, Daire Power, Luka Aoki, Max Quinn

U16 Girls:
Caoimhe Hegarty, Molly Coughlan, Fiadh Boardman, Fia O’Brien

📺See attached details for live stream link starting at 10am

We are delighted to announce that we will be live-streaming out athletics finals in SETU Carlow on Youtube this weekend 🔥

Be sure to tune in via the link below!

Saturday 22nd August - Live from 10am
https://youtube.com/live/v2QpvUGR8-g?feature=shared

Sunday 23rd August - Live from 10:30am
https://www.youtube.com/live/HYfIJ7Oxq6M?is=VgV4UhjE3KuQ1AK1



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18/07/2026

Cairn Community Games Regional Track Athletics Finals, Templemore ☀️

We had 5 athletes running today in heatwave conditions, with the top three in each event progressing to the National Finals in Carlow next month.

🙌🏼Well done to all five athletes who put in magnificent performances in the heat 🥵
🏃🏽‍♀️Under 8- 60m: Nissi Diamond Ebs
🏃🏽Under 12- 600m: Cian Power
🏃🏽Under 14- 200m: Kaleb Keane
🏃🏽Under 14- 800m: Scott Roe
🏃🏽Under 16- 100m: Barack Diamond Ebs

Huge congratulations to Scott and Kaleb who both picked up gold medals in their events and will join with those already qualified to the All Ireland on August 22nd. 🥇🥇

Many thanks to the parents for all your support. Thanks also to Dublin Community Games

Next stop Carlow where we now have a total of 12 individual athletes and 4 relay teams qualified 💪👊

05/07/2026

🏊‍♀️ Congratulations to Elysse McIvor Carroll who represented Dublin Community Games today in the All Ireland Cairn Community Games Swimming in Kilkenny. Elysse swam in the under 12 freestyle.
It is such a massive achievement to qualify and swim at the highest level in the country. Well done Elysse we are all very proud of you 👏👏

14/06/2026

🏃🏽‍♀️Dublin Community Games Morton Stadium, Santry🏃🏽

What an absolutely fantastic day in Santry yesterday!
Unbelievably proud of each and every one of our 67 athletes who gave it everything representing their town of Skerries. Every child supported each other and the excitement was off the scale, especially for the relays! To qualify to represent in Dublin is a fantastic achievement in itself.
Just to prove how amazing every single athlete was, we only went and won the overall area prize for the best performances 🫢🏆This award is for all performances, not just the medalists! We have only won this trophy once in the past 20 years so huge credit to our young talented bunch of athletes.🙌🏼🎉

In total we won 30 medals!!!
🥇7 Individual Golds
🥇4 Relay Golds
🥈7 Individual silver
🥈1 Relay silver
🥉7 individual Bronze
4 individual 4th place finishes!!

1st place in track events and 1st & 2nd in field events qualify for Nationals in Carlow in August. 2nd & 3rd in track events qualify for a regional event in Clonmel in July where they will have another opportunity to qualify for Nationals. Huge congrats to our qualifiers:

🏃🏽🏃🏽‍♀️Regionals Clonmel, July:
Cian Power
Nissi Diamond Ebs
Scott Roe
Oscar Mullins
Kaleb Keane
Barack Diamond Ebs
Caoimhe Hughes

🇮🇪National All Ireland Carlow, August :
Dion Keogh
Áine Garrigan
Hannah McAuley
Luka Aoki
Aisling Hegarty
Max Quinn
Rian Moriarty
Ruby Grennan
Fiadh Boardman
Caoimhe Hegarty
U12 boy relay (Dion, Jack, Cian, Sebastian, Joe)
U14 boys relay (Finn, Kaleb, Daire, Luka, Max)
U14 girls relay (Alice, Aisling, Éabha, Ruby, Sara)
U16 girls relay (Caoimhe, Molly, Caoimhe, Fiadh)

Best of luck to all. Thanks to the parents, volunteers, committee and all of Dublin Community Games, especially Tom Sheridan, for putting on a fantastic day and creating brilliant memories for the kids.🙏

13/06/2026

WHAT A DAY!!! 👏👏👏👏
To our 67 Skerries athletes today in Santry, you were all outstanding and should be so so proud of yourselves🙌🏼. The support for each other and the positive vibes all day long was just amazing to witness. Report and photos tomorrow, sleep well!🎉☀️

12/06/2026

Tomorrow, is the big day in Morton Stadium, Santry for 67 young Skerries athletes for the Dublin Community Games Athletics 🙌🏼
We would like to wish each and every one of them the very best of luck. It promises to be a fantastic day, we are so proud of you all representing your town at county level. 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🤞

26/05/2026

🏉National Cairn Community Games Rugby 7’s

We were very proud to have both girls and boys rugby teams make it all the way to the All Ireland’s last Saturday in Gormanston College.

The boys were up first and unfortunately, narrowly lost the semi final to the eventual winners by a score. Boys played really well and and ended up with a fantastic bronze 🥉

Girls were brilliant and got through to the final, just losing out on the win, they went home with fantastic silver medals 🥈

Thank you to Barry and Garrett for taking charge of the teams. Skerries Rugby Club has a great history down the years of taking part in Community Games and we’re delighted to keep that tradition going. 🏉👏

25/05/2026

Thank you Treabhor Mac Eochaidh for the super podiums photos 😁

24/05/2026

The National Cairn Community Games Cross Country, Mixed Distance Relays and 5k Finals took place in Gormanston in the beautiful sunshine today.☀️

Well done to the 12 Skerries athletes who formed part of the Dublin Community Games team with very impressive performances across the board.

🏃🏽‍♀️ *Girls U16 5km*
Grace Downes teamed up with girls from Clontarf to run in the first race. Grace put in a very strong performance in what were very warm conditions for a 5km race and was rewarded with a PB at that distance.

🏃🏽 *Boys U16 5km*
The team comprised of Geoff Walls, Oscar Mullins and Jack Power. Oscar Mullins finished in a fantastic 4th place overall in a very competitive field🎖️ While the team also took 4th place...a brilliant achievement 🎖️

🏃🏽 *U13 1,200m*
Liam Lynch, Max Quinn and Scott Roe formed part of the xc team running 1,200m. All ran really well with the team narrowly missing out on a medal.
Huge congratulations to Scott Roe who led from the gun, finishing in 1st place and is now the National Community Games U13 XC Champion🥇

🏃🏽 *Boys U12 Mixed Distance Relay (MDR)*
Next up was the Boys U12 MDR. The team included Dion Keogh,
Cian Power, Jack Coughlan, Eli Quinn. In a very exciting finish the team were delighted to come away with the silver medal 🥈

🏃🏽‍♀️ *Girls U14 MDR*
For the final race of the day Zara Ojikutu teamed up with 3 girls from Dublin to run in the relay. She ran a fantastic relay leg helping the team finish in an excellent 6th place.

Thanks to the parents and coaches of Skerries Athletics Club for preparing the athletes so well (and in particular Jeremy and John for doing the warm ups today).

Thanks also to Dublin Community Games for coordinating the day.