The 2019 KBC Dublin Marathon took place in the capital on Sunday, October 28th with a record number 22,500 taking part. The route of the race passed through the city centre from Fitzwilliam Square to the Pheonix Park before turning south to head though Chapelizod, Kilmainham, along the South Circular Road, into Terenure. It then turned through
Stillogran, making its way along the Merrion Road before finishing at Merrion Square North.
Othmane El Goumri of Morocco, the Mens winner of the Dublin Marathon 2019 on his knees at the finish line after completing the course in a record time of 2 hours 8 minutes and 5 seconds. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Othmane El Goumri crosses the finish line at Merrion Square North on Sunday. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Irishman Stephen Scullion came second in the Mens race, finishing with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes and 1 second. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Motu Gedefa of Ethiopia took the Womens title with a time of 2 hours 27 minutes and 48 seconds. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Patrick Monahan, from Kildare, crosses the finish line, in first place, in the wheelchair category with a time of 1 hour 39 minutes and 50 seconds. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
A record number of 22,500 runners set out from Merrion Square just after 9pm to start the marathon. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Runners are glimpsed through the trees as they pass through the Phoenix Park. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Runners makes their way up Crumlin Road. Photogrraph: Bryan Keane/Inpho
Finnula Heaney with her 9-year-old son Dylan at the end of the marathon. Photograph: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile