Art O Neill Events

Reminder.. entries for the Art O Neill 2027 Challenge (62km) Ballot are currently open.. link on our website www.Artoneill.ie

Reminder

The Art O Neill Challenge Ballot will open for entries tomorrow!

Here is the Ballot process for the January 2027 Art O'Neill Challenge (62km) event:

The ballot will open on Monday 17th August 2026. It will cost €5 plus Eventmaster fees to enter the ballot. This fee is non refundable. The ballot closes on Monday 31st August 2026. Ballot entrants will be informed on Thursday 3rd September 2026 if they have been successful or not. Successful ballot entrants will then have the €175 event cost plus Eventmaster costs automatically charged to their payment method by September 9th 2026. The event fee is non refundable so please only sign up if you intend doing the Challenge.

Fundraiser places for our top fundraisers from January 2026 will be dealt with after this ballot process is concluded.

If you intend being part of a group you will have the option to state this on signing up for the ballot but it will neither increase nor reduce your ballot chances. Other group members can also enter the ballot as well. Multiple ballot entries will be stripped out so will not increase your chances.

Entries for the 2027 Pursuit (25km) will open in early September 2026.

Good luck everyone!

Important update about the January 2027 AON Challenge Ballot process coming this week.. stay tuned!

Art O Neill 2027 will be on Friday 15th January 2027.. Ballot and registration information coming soon

Well done to Art O Neiller Sinead Kennedy. Health and Wellness who recently made it to see Ernest Shackleton’s grave in Antarctica! Another great adventure.. well done Sinead!

We have had some enquiries about our famous Art O Neill hats. We provide these to our fantastic volunteers at each event and unfortunately they are not for sale. But the good news is we are always looking for more volunteers so get in contact by email to [email protected] if you want to join our volunteer group and help at a future event… we would love to have your assistance!.. and you’ll earn a precious hat !

Some Art O Neill veterans at today’s IMRA race at the Sugarloaf

So that’s it from Art O’Neill 2026 !

Unlike last year , we will now be taking our traditional 8 month hibernation until August/ September when we will crank up for AON 2027.

Please keep an eye on the AON website (www.Artoneill.ie) or this page for more information about 2027 ( date will be Friday 15th Jan 2027).

Thank you to all the participants for their great support, additional fundraising and memorable moments. Thanks as always to our volunteers ( team members and non team members), sponsors, partners and suppliers .

See you all in 2027 !

Art O'Neill Challenge On January 16th, 2026, the Art O’Neill (AON) will once again escape from Dublin Castle. In the escape of 1592 the Castle wardens gave chase, but gave up due to poor weather. The event will start from Dublin Castle heading out through South Dublin , eventually passing Stone Cross and eventually.....