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07 Jan 2026

An amazing show of community spirit at fantastic MS Longford Christmas Day Run

Locals and visitors turned out in great numbers to take part in the Run/Walk from Newtowncashel to Lanesboro

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Another fantastic MS Longford Christmas Day Run for 2025! With beautiful weather on our side, locals and visitors turned out in great numbers to take part in the Run/Walk, with over 100 participants joining us on Christmas Day — an amazing show of community spirit.

Caption: Ronan Muldoon, Cathal & Aoife Chapman, Sarah & Maeve Kearney READ MORE BELOW PHOTO

A huge shout-out to the Brendan Doyle Running Club, who completed their Run on Saturday, December 20 and raised an incredible €900 for MS Longford.
We also want to thank our virtual participants from around the world who took part in their own locations — you were very much part of the day!
Sincere appreciation to Peter Hanley Motors who sponsored the participants T-Shirts. Thanks to everyone who participated, volunteered, donated, or sponsored a runner/walker. An amazing €5,100 has been raised so far!

If you have any outstanding sponsorship, please remember to upload it to our GoFundMe page so we can pass on the funds to MS Longford.
Results:
1st Male – Martin Gillen
2nd Male – Hugh Hanly
3rd Male – Johnny Kilcoyne
1st Lady – Ciara Masterson
2nd Lady - Martha Gibbons
3rd Lady – Dearbhaile Rooney
1st Juvenile – Oisin Dillon

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