Congratulations to Phil Hodge, William Marks, Mervyn McCollan, Martin Mullan, Donal O’Kane, Alan Shealy and Jackie Toal for completing the DRR under fairly tough conditions. The initial aim had been to get 5 new completions of the round and this more than met.
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May 2016 – Round Attempt
Pól O’Murchu (Termonfeckin, Co Louth), Paul Morrissey (Dublin) and Andreas Kusch (Rush, Co Dublin) have registered to make a clockwise attempt at the Denis Rankin Round this weekend, Saturday 28th May, starting at 2am.
Best of luck with the round.
BARF / NIMRA Group Round
On Saturday 21st May BARF organised a group clockwise attempt at the Denis Rankin Round. On the day, we had a total of 8 completions.
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John Ryan Preston – Round Report
I had attempted a Denis Rankin Round last autumn, but I lost.
I lost: a contact lens going up Donard, the sole of my shoe coming off Wee Binnian, my sense of direction approaching Tievedockaragh, the will to go-on, when I found myself at the top of Hen, not Cock.
By bailing at that point, I also lost the potential to do the round unsighted, but had a great day out in cracking hills.
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John Ryan Preston Sets a New Record
At 1am on Saturday 30th April John Ryan Preston and Alex McVey set off from the arch in Donard Park to attempt the Denis Rankin Round.
John & Alex at the start