Irish athletics has come a long way since the humble beginnings of the event in rural North Tipperary
Action from last year's senior women's 3000m final at the National Indoor Championships, Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Dublin. Photograph: Bryan Keane/InphoPart road trip, part expedition, and all about the adventure. Because unless you lived in the immediate surroundings of rural North Tipperary , this usually meant a trek of some inordinate length to the Nenagh Indoor Complex, the then only indoor venue on the entire island, and affectionately known by some as “The Cowshed”.
Yet it soon became a sort of national indoor arena – by accident, not design – and staged the first Irish Indoor Athletics Championships in 1988, when the track surface was nothing more than hard mud. Action from the Men's 3000m at the Athletics Ireland 123.ie National Indoor Championships at the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
I made that trip only once, in 2011, claiming to know the way after seeing Bob Dylan play the Odyssey back in 2004, only to mistake a turn and end up on a completely unknown route in via Banbridge. Part of the attraction of Abbotstown is its accessibility. With a limited capacity of just 4,000, including athletes, it’s not surprising that Sunday’s session of this weekend’s championships was sold out by midweek, even if many of the top Irish athletes have chosen to stay away.
Sean Aigboboh of Tallaght AC, Israel Olatunde of Tallaght AC and Bori Akinola of UCD competing in the 60m at the National Indoor Championships in Blanchardstown. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
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