HP Squad take on World Cup Sprints!
Best of luck to Niall McCarthy & Josh O’Sullivan-Hourihan who will be representing Ireland in the World Cup events this weekend.
The city of Lidköping will host a weekend of challenging sprint orienteering. More info can be found here.
South West League Winners
The south West League came to a close in Glenabo yesterday where prizes were awarded by Steve Perkins (BOC).
Well done to everyone who took part in this fantastic regional series of orienteering events across Kerry & Cork, and to BOC, CorkO & KerryO for making some challenging and interesting courses over the past few months in the league’s third year.
Well done to all the winners across the categories and if you want to learn more about the league please click this link for results and information!
Liam Cotter (KerryO) – pictured receiving the prizes from Steve Perkins (BOC) for himself, Liam & Natsuko Cotter who won their categories.
Terry Ley (CorkO) pictured receiving his prize from Steve Perkins (BOC)
for the Green League.
Daithi Russell (BOC) pictured receiving his prize from Steve Perkins (BOC)
for the Orange League.
Orienteering Ireland AGM 2026 – Rescheduled
Orienteering Ireland’s 2026 rescheduled AGM will take place online at 8pm on the 4th of June. An invite code has been sent out to Club Secretaries for this online meeting and we encourage all members to attend to have your chance to hear about how our NGB, and our sport has been doing over the past year.
The agenda (unchanged from the original agenda), directors & officers reports, and other info can all be found here.
Dave Richardson RIP
It is with deep regret that we share the very sad news of the sudden death of our dear friend Dave Richardson. Dave, who was known to many, was a keen and passionate orienteer who died while controlling for the Irish classic distance championships.
The orienteering community wish to extend their deepest sympathies to his wife Anyta, their family, clubmates, and friends at this difficult time.
Information about Dave’s funeral arrangements can be found here.
IOC26 organisers and all in Orienteering Ireland.
Hit-the-Town Update!
We are delighted to share the final Event Information Booklet for our upcoming sprint/urban orienteering festival with you. Her you will find useful information on the events.
SPRINT > RELAY > URBAN – It’s all happening in Limerick!
Please note, that due to construction works and limited access to certain areas, we have had to reduce the lengths of our urban courses. However, Fionn (under some fantastic guidance from Andrew Cox) has done a great job of making some challenging courses across the Treaty City.
The booklet can be viewed here.
See you at the start line!
Hit-the-Town Festival – Entries Closing Soon!
Don’t forget to enter the Hit-the-Town Sprint/Urban Festival before Sunday!
Come and join us in Limerick for two days of Sprint, Sprint Relay & Urban orienteering, with our Irish Sprint Championships also being held on Saturday in the University of Limerick!
We are looking forward to meeting you all in the Treaty City!
Hit-The-Town Orienteering Festival – ENTRIES OPEN
Entries for the Hit-The-Town Orienteering Festival in Limerick are now OPEN!
Enter online using SI Entries here!
Early-bird prices available until 18 January 2026.
Take part in the Irish Open Sprint Orienteering Championships, a fun two-person sprint relay, and an urban event in Limerick City this March! More info on the festival is available on the Championships website here.
The Download
Check out our new quarterly bulletin where we give an overview of what’s been happening in orienteering across Ireland. The bulletin gives an insight to activities at club, national squads, NGB and at local level with the Local Sports Partnerships. Download the bulletin here!
Irish Sprint Championships 2026 (Hit-the-Town Festival)
Draft event information has now been published to the event website which outlines course lengths. A previous map of the University of Limerick has also been uploaded. Entries for the festical will open on SI Entries soon.
Our High Performance Squad will also be running a raffle as a fundraiser for the squad in the coming days. The raffle will offer weekend passes for the festival to the winners. Keep your eye on our social media channels, championships website and this website for more info soon!
SAVE THE DATE – Irish Sprint Champions & Urban Orienteering Festival 2026
OI are excited to announce that we have secured the final permissions to hold our Sprint Championships and urban orienteering festival from 21 to 22 March 2026!
Save the date for a great weekend of sprint championships, two-person sprint relays and an urban event!
More info will be announced soon, with further information being posted to the IOC website.
