Féile would like to say congratulations and well done to all the schools who competed in the Anthony Hegarty 1KM race this morning!
Holy Child Primary School and Nursery Unit
Nazareth House Primary School and Nursery Unit
Every school put in such a great effort, especially getting up that big hill at the end! You should all be really proud of yourselves, and of course, congratulations to St Anne’s for being the school with the fastest time and to Jay Gallagher for completing the race with the fastest time of 3 minutes 17 seconds!
See every individual time for each pupil below:
1 St Anne’s PS, Jay Gallagher – 03:17
2 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Cahir Mc Ginley – 03:21
3 St John’s PS, Aodhan Doherty – 03:21
4 St Anne’s PS, Rian Black – 03:23
5 St John’s PS, Clodagh Murphy – 03:25
6 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Oisin Mc Gowan – 03:28
7 St Anne’s PS, Conor Mc Caul – 03:29
8 St John’s PS, Jack Luby – 03:29
9 St John’s PS, Lorcan Duffy – 03:29
10 St Anne’s PS, Oisin Lafferty – 03:30
11 Nazareth House, Jayden Mc Veigh – 03:32
12 St Anne’s PS, Emmet Mzinba – 03:32
13 Nazareth House, Reuben Layherryoling – 03:33
14 St Anne’s PS, Conor Ward – 03:34
15 Longtower NS, Sean Cuan Harris – 03:35
16 Longtower NS, Charlie Thompson – 03:38
17 St Anne’s PS, Ryan Curran – 03:41
18 St John’s PS, Maddison Ryan – 03:41
19 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Caleb Mc Bay – 03:42
20 St Anne’s PS, Cillian Mc Cabe – 03:42
21 Longtower NS, Cian Mc Loone – 03:43
22 St John’s PS, Kian Toner – 03:43
23 Nazareth House, Timothy Doherty – 03:45
24 Nazareth House, Lilly Mae Mead – 03:46
25 St John’s PS, Caiden Deery – 03:46
26 St Eugene’s PS, Cillian Murphy – 03:49
27 St John’s PS, Faye Kelly – 03:49
28 St Anne’s PS, Georgia Mc Intryre – 03:50
29 Nazareth House, Tiarnan Houston – 03:51
30 St Eugene’s PS, Oran Lynch – 03:54
31 Nazareth House, Aodhan O’ Donnell – 03:54
32 St John’s PS, Leah Mc Feely – 03:56
33 St John’s PS, Myles Jeerasoo – 03:56
34 Longtower NS, Jayden Kelly – 03:57
35 Nazareth House, Grace Mahon – 03:57
36 Holy Child PS, Caiden Wright – 03:57
37 Nazareth House, Adam Adhmed Brown – 04:01
38 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Grainne Lockhart – 04:01
39 St Anne’s PS, Aoife Mc Namara – 04:01
40 Holy Child PS, Shane Cresy – 04:01
41 Longtower NS, Reece Ferguson – 04:03
42 Nazareth House, Clara Harkin Devine – 04:03
43 St Eugene’s PS, Sean O’ Loughlin – 04:04
44 Holy Child PS, Hannah O’ Corlann – 04:04
45 Nazareth House, Eve Courtney – 04:06
46 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Oisin Gillespie – 04:06
47 Longtower NS, Maisie Kate Nixton – 04:13
48 St Eugene’s PS, Mia Mc Guinness – 04:14
49 St Eugene’s PS, Aoife Bryce – 04:16
50 Longtower NS, Nicole Macari – 04:16
51 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Isla Ramsey – 04:16
52 Nazareth House, Jack Condren – 04:17
53 Holy Child PS, Kian Canning – 04:21
54 Nazareth House, Odhran Mc Erlean – 04:24
55 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Duatla Mc Guinness – 04:24
56 St Eugene’s PS, Shra Mc Elhinney – 04:26
57 Gaelscoil Eadain Choir, Seamus Gielty – 04:26
58 Holy Child PS, Katie Lee Taupe – 04:26
59 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Annie Doherty – 04:30
60 St Eugene’s PS, Daniel Odumukwu – 04:32
61 Longtower NS, Ava Mc Keever – 04:35
62 St Eugene’s PS, Ellie Mailey – 04:41
63 St Eugene’s PS, Rex Ogoko – 04:48
64 Longtower NS, Roise Mc Gowan – 04:50
65 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Fiachra Mc Monagle – 04:52
66 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Shea Ryan – 04:53
67 Holy Child PS, Odin Dentith – 04:56
68 Gaelscoil Eadain Mhoir, Ellidh Mc Gurk – 04:58
69 Holy Child PS, Finn Friel – 04:58
70 St Eugene’s PS, Mary Sulaiman – 05:09
71 Holy Child PS, Ava Mc Grory – 06:11
72 Holy Child PS, Faith Collins – 06:33
73 Holy Child PS, Lily Mc Donnell – 06:33
Thank you so much to everyone who participated and to our partners Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum for helping to make this happen. Big thank you as well to the Hegarty family and to Malcolm McCausland for telling us more about Anthony’s life and achievements.
Anthony Hegarty’s Story
Anton Hegarty was born on 14th December 1892 at 36 Nailors Row just below Derry’s walls, above the Bogside. A real running machine he was famous for racing a pony in the Brandywell over a mile. Some say he won the race, others disagreed.
Shortly after leaving school Anton joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. While stationed in India his talent at running came to the fore, but the start of the first World war put an abrupt end to athletics. In August 1915, Anton was badly wounded at Sulva bay in the battle for Gallipoli and was declared medically unfit for future service, and discharged from the Army.
Undaunted Anton was soon back in his spikes, and was instrumental in founding the famous City of Derry Harriers. In that year he won both Ulster Junior and Senior cross country titles with ease. In International cross-country tests he was the automatic choice for Ireland and always led the team home.
He was without doubt the greatest runner produced in Derry- his long stride and perfect carriage being the subject of universal admiration. He capped his career by appearing at the Olympic Games at Antwerp in 1920 where he was first man home for the British team, securing a silver medal, the first Derry man to do so.
Little is known of Anton’s career after 1920. He moved to Rugby in England. Anton was cycling to work in Rugby when he was knocked down and killed by an RAF lorry in August 1944.
Féile’s film about Anthony Hegarty, “Lion for A Day”, can be viewed at the link below:
