• Irishtown Stadium is a modern, well-equipped track facility, with underfloor-heated changing rooms and a club weights area.
  • Irishtown Stadium is easily accessible to anyone working or living in or near Dublin city centre.
  • Ronnie Delany of Crusaders is the only living Irish holder of an Olympic gold medal in athletics.
  • Crusaders was the first athletics club in Ireland to cater for women members. Caroline O'Shea of Crusaders was the first Irish woman to reach an Olympic track final.
  • Crusaders has a thriving juvenile section, attracting boys and girls from the Irishtown, Sandymount and Lansdowne areas.

Welcome

Crusaders Athletics Club are based in Irishtown Stadium in Dublin. We cater for all levels of ability, from recreational runners, to regular competitors at road, cross-country and mountain races, right up to elite-level track & field competitions..

Contact Email: crusadersathleticsclub@gmail.com

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Juveniles Training Times:

Tuesday 6.15pm - 7.30pm For all 9 years old and older in the year - Irishtown Stadium, Dublin 4.

Thursday 6.15pm - 7.30pm For all 9 years old and older in the year - Irishtown Stadium, Dublin 4.

Saturday 10am - 11.30am For all juvenile club members - Irishtown Stadium, Dublin 4.

Adult Training Times:

Tuesday 6.30pm - 7.30pm - Interval Track Sessions - Irishtown Stadium, Dublin 4.

Thursday 6.30pm - 7.30pm - Tempo Grass Sessions - Sean Moore Park (next to Clanna Gael GAA Club). Meet at door to Irishtown stadium.

Saturday 10am - 11.00am - Interval Grass Sessions - Phoenix Park Polo Grounds, Dublin 2.

Note: Additional training given for various events/competitions will be announced when required.

Latest news

New Online Subscription Page Goes Live

We are pleased to announce that you can now pay your annual subscriptions online

Record breaking Cru bring medals home

The opening to the indoor season for Crusaders not only resulted in a large medal haul but four national age group records including an U23 record for Colin Quirke and multiple records for Jim O’Neill.

Da Cru in action over the Christmas break

The women’s captain finished off one of the best years for the Crusaders women’s team by finishing 3rd Senior women in one of the most competitive female road race of the Irish calendar.

Good runs at the Clonliffe 5k Christmas Cracker

Three Crusaders were in action for the birth of the Clonliffe 5k Christmas Cracker and set off in the perfect atmosphere offered by Morton Stadium in Santry. Two of our Dublin Intermediate bronze medallists came home first: Jason Kehoe in 16:13 (new PB) followed by Liam Morris in 16:55. Third was the indefatiguable James Cottle in 19:33.

National Novice

Both male and female teams competed for the club in one of the biggest cross-country gatherings in the country at The Curragh, Co. Kildare. The looped course only had minor hills but a few very muddy patches to ensure some old-school cross-country atmosphere. Aoife Joyce was first Crusader home in the ladies race (38th) and literally one second meant one position among the 151 finishers. The women’s team was 11th out of 16th. In the men’s race…