Navvy Bank 5k
Dundalk, Louth
20 Jun 2026
⚠ Start times change frequently. Always check with race organiser or their website for this year's confirmed start time before travelling.
Course map
Map confirmed by race organiser
Elevation profile
About this race
The Navvy Bank 5k is a flat, fast road race held in the Quay area of Dundalk, County Louth, organised by Seán O'Mahony's club and North East Runners AC. The course starts and finishes near the entrance to the Seán O'Mahony's GAA pitch, beside the Navvy Bank on the shore of the Castletown River estuary. Runners head out of Mountain View, turning right onto the Point Road, where at approximately the 600m mark, they make a U-turn, before going back down the Point Road, the full way to Soldiers' Point. The route then loops around the historic Navvy Bank, a tarmac embankment walkway dating from the 1840s, which hugs the waterside with sweeping views across Dundalk Bay towards the Cooley Mountains. Run almost entirely on level tarmac with negligible elevation change, it is ideal for runners chasing a personal best, finishing back at the club grounds.
Course profile & record eligibility
World Athletics record-eligibility rules cap net elevation loss at 1m per km of race distance, and require the start and finish to be no more than 50% of the race distance apart — both meant to stop a course gaining an unfair edge from downhill grade or a point-to-point tailwind. This is based on this course's recorded elevation and GPS data, not an official measurement or certification.