2024 Irish Hill Climb National Championships

Junior rider Killian O’Brien (Veleka Team) won the Cycling Ireland Hill Climb Championships in the foothills of the Dublin mountains, UCD’s Ruairi Byrne was second and Gareth O’Neill (Athlete Nutrition Coach) 3rd. Caoimhe May (Orwell Wheelers) won the women’s category.

The video was taken about 70 m from the finish, it is for archive purposes and the medals presentations are at the end.

Course: 3.38 km
Climb: 190 m

Event organised by Orwell Wheelers CC
Video / Editing by Peter Purfield
Background music: New Order ‘Blue Monday’

Race Starters

Number / Rider Name
Youth U16 (Non Championship)
14 Hugo LOOMES
15 Bob MAYE
16 Cian ENGLISH

Masters 40 Category
25 Brendan CORCORAN
26 Conor McTIERNAN
27 Kenneth McGIBNEY
31 Niall O’BRIEN
32 Ronan KILLEEN
33 Stephen BUTLER
34 Stuart McCAUGHEY
35 Werner OTTO

Masters 50 Category
36 Alan REILLY
37 Dermot RADFORD
38 Eamonn FINN
39 Frank BILLINGS
40 Gary WALSH
41 Greg SWINAND
42 Jerry McCARTHY
43 Neil McKENNA
44 Patrick ENNIS
45 Paul ENGLISH
47 Shaun KELLY

Masters 60 Category
48 Eamonn BYRD
49 Jimmy FLYNN
50 John MADDEN
51 Lionel Bernard HART
52 Michael CULBERT
54 Pat HANNON
56 Seamus McGOWAN
57 Tony DALY
58 Victor MORGAN

Women (Master, Snr, Junior)
154 Caoimhe MAY
155 Clare DILLON
156 Eva DONOVAN
157 Jennifer NEENAN
158 Josephine LYNCH
159 Niamh O’DWYER
160 Orla WALSH
161 Sophie DALY
162 Yvonne DORAN

Open Senior Men (Sen, Jnr)
270 Alan LYONS
271 Billy BRAZIL
272 Cillian FOX
273 Colm BELLEW
274 Conn McDUNPHY
275 Conor GRIFFIN
276 Conor VERBRUGGEN
279 David HARRINGTON
280 Eoin KELLY
281 Eric DOWNEY
282 Filippo LIN
284 Gareth O’NEILL
285 Hugh BUTLER
286 Jamie BYRNE
288 Killian O’BRIEN
289 Luke KEANEY
290 Matthew WALLS
291 Patrick O’SULLIVAN
292 Ruairi BYRNE
293 Samuel LUKE
294 Sean LUNDY
295 Sean McKENNA
296 Sean O’KANE
297 Shane RYAN
298 Steven CORROON
299 Stuart MILLAR

RESULTS SUMMARY

SENIOR OPEN Category
1. Killian O’BRIEN Veleka Team 27.78 km/h 7.18 –
2. Ruairi BYRNE UCD Cycling Club 27.59 km/h 7.21 +3.00
3. Gareth O’NEILL Athlete Nutrition Coach HD 27.52 km/h 7.22 +4.00
4. Conn McDUNPHY TEAM SKYLINE 27.34 km/h 7.25 +7.00
5. Stuart MILLAR Ards CC 26.00 km/h 7.48 +30.00
6. Eoin KELLY UCD Cycling Club 25.88 km/h 7.50 +32.00
7. Matthew WALLS Lucan Cycling Road Club 25.83 km/h 7.51 +33.00
8. Patrick O’SULLIVAN Orwell Wheelers CC 25.03 km/h 8.06 +48.00
9. Sean O’KANE Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 24.88 km/h 8.09 +51.00
10. Conor VERBRUGGEN Bray Wheelers 24.88 km/h 8.09 +51.00

WOMEN’S Category
1. Caoimhe MAY Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 21.31 km/h 9.31 –
2. Clare DILLON Orwell Wheelers Cycling Club 19.72 km/h 10.17 +46.00
3. Niamh O’DWYER Black House Racing 19.62 km/h 10.20 +49.00
4. Sophie DALY Tralee Manor West BC 19.59 km/h 10.21 +50.00
5. Jennifer NEENAN UCD Cycling Club 19.40 km/h 10.27 +56.00

MASTERS M40 Category
1. Stuart McCAUGHEY Phoenix CC 25.88 km/h 7.50 –
2. Ronan KILLEEN Lucan Cycling Road Club 25.24 km/h 8.02 +12.00
3. Conor McTIERNAN Un-Attached Leinster 24.33 km/h 8.20 +30.00
4. Stephen BUTLER St. Finbarrs CC 23.90 km/h 8.29 +39.00
5. Niall O’BRIEN Kilcullen CC Murphy Geospacial 22.49 km/h 9.01 +1.11.00

MASTERS M50 Category
1. Neil McKENNA AHC Racing 25.08 km/h 8.05 –
2. Dermot RADFORD Black House Racing 24.73 km/h 8.12 +7.00
3. Greg SWINAND Team Dan Morrissey / Primor 23.13 km/h 8.46 +41.00
4. Frank BILLINGS Lucan Cycling Road Club 23.08 km/h 8.47 +42.00
5. Jerry McCARTHY Tralee Manor West BC 22.82 km/h 8.53 +48.00

MASTERS M60 Category
1. John MADDEN Inspired Cycling 23.13 km/h 8.46 –
2. Eamonn BYRD Dublin Wheelers 22.61 km/h 8.58 +12.00
3. Victor MORGAN St. Finbarrs CC 21.27 km/h 9.32 +46.00
4. Jimmy FLYNN Cuchulainn CC 20.90 km/h 9.42 +56.00
5. Michael CULBERT Comeragh CC 19.22 km/h 10.33 +1.47.00

Full Results link – https://my.raceresult.com/312254/results#4_C9D12E

Quick links
0:16 Youth U16
1:03 Masters 40
3:26 Masters 50
6:17 Masters 60
9:37 Women (Master/Snr/Jnr)
13:14 Men (Snr/Jnr)
17:08 Fastest rider
20:57 Awards Ceremony