Cork Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Cork City Marathon is a road marathon through Cork city centre and its northern, southern and eastern suburbs, held on a Sunday in late May or early June and organised by Cork City Council. It runs alongside a half marathon and a 10K, and in recent years it has carried the title sponsorship of Analog Devices. The first Cork City Marathon took place on Easter Monday 1982; after a break of 21 years the city council revived it in 2007. From 2026 the marathon starts and finishes on Grand Parade, outside the City Library. It starts at 8:15am, heads up St Patrick's Street and crosses the River Lee at North Gate Bridge towards Blackpool. The route passes through Ballyphehane, Togher, Mahon and Blackrock, runs along the Marina, and returns to the city centre by Mardyke Walk and Washington Street. The half marathon starts separately on Monahan Road and joins the marathon course at the Marina. The marathon course is closed to traffic with a six-hour limit, and there are 13 water stations along the route. In 2026, 3,000 runners finished the marathon.