16/10/2026
The people of Drogheda are becoming increasingly fitness conscious and taking to running like never before.
Drogheda and District Athletics Club, or Drogheda Running Club as it is affectionately known, has been around for almost 25 years and has now become the biggest in the county.
Based at its new facilities at Newtown Cross on the Termonfeckin Road, it boasts over 400 members, including 100 juniors, and the club organises the hugely popular Drogheda 10K every year.
Some people join to run competitively, while others are there to run for fun, and the age profile ranges from kids in their early teens to seniors in their seventies and eighties.
The club recently received planning permission to build a new clubhouse but, more importantly, a new indoor 150-metre training track that can be used all year round.
The cost of these projects will be a couple of million euros and the club is now on a major fundraising drive and seeking State support so it can proceed.
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