The organisers of the Rás Tailteann have released details of this year’s event, announcing a 756.8km route starting in Dublin on Wednesday, June 15th and concluding in Blackrock, Co Louth, on Sunday, June 19th.
The race was last held in 2018, with a fruitless search for a title sponsor putting paid to efforts to run it in 2019 and Covid-19 ruling it out the past two years. With most Covid restrictions now scaled back, race organiser Cairde Rás Tailteann confirmed in January that the contest would go ahead this year.
The race route announced on Tuesday is almost identical to the course first announced in March 2020. It …

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