Big Heart Walks 2011
Help us turn 50,000km into €50,000!

Sunday 25th September 2011
Be part of the biggest countrywide walking day of the year. Join the IHF's Big Heart Walks to celebrate World Heart Day.
Join In the Fun
Whether you want to:
- organise a local walk with a group
- enjoy a 5k walk by yourself or with friends
we can send you our Big Heart Walks support pack. The pack contains t-shirts for organisers (2 for each walk) and individual walkers as well as heart balloons, information sheets on walking, posters, sponsorship cards or buckets.
Register here for your Big Heart Walks Pack.
€1 for Every Kilometre Walked
Collectively we aim to walk 50,000km and raise €50,000!
Every €5 raised will go towards our special heart attack appeal fund. By raising awareness of symptoms and prevention among men aged 40 plus we want to see more husbands, fathers, uncles, brothers and sons get to hospital quickly at the first sign of heart attack!
Health Benefits of Walking
Remember – walking is great for your heart too.
It makes you feel good and more importantly, it helps you reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.
For more information contact Aideen or Ciara on 01 6685001 or email cmealy@irishheart.ie.
If you would like to participate in a walk, below is a list of but a few people who will be getting out walking for our Big Heart Walks!
| Name of walk organiser | Location of Walk | Date | Time | Starting Point | County | Length of Walk | Contact Number |
| Irish Heart Foundation / Tara Curran | East Coast Slí na Sláinte | 25th September | 12pm | Clontarf Train Station | Dublin | 4Km | 01 668 5001 |
| Martin Dunne | The Suck Valley Way | 25th September | 9.30 am bus departure | Ballymoe - Fr. Flanagan's Memorial Centre Car Park | Roscommon | 12 Km | 087 266 5951 |
| Tracie Lane | Knockaheeny / Gurranabraher | 25th September | 1pm | Colmcille Park, Gurranabraher | Cork | 5km | 021 4300135 |
| Fiona Boyle | Ray, Rathmullan | 25th September | 2pm | Ray School | Donegal | 7km | 087 2514790 |
| Carmel Keohane | Clonakilty | 25th September | 2pm | Cork | 4.8km | 086 8801427 | |
Susan Doorly, Roseanna Clarke, Mary McMullen | Belamount Forest | Saturday, 24th September | 9.30am | St. Michael's Church, Cootehill | Cavan | 086 8683209 087 2330836 | |
| Finbarr McCarthy | Glansheskin Wood | 25th September | 1.30pm | Glenseskin Wood Car Park | Cork | 5km | 086 0712 403 |
| 50+ Active Age Group | Slí na Sláinte Portlaoise | Wednesday 14th September | 3pm | Parish Centre, Portlaoise | Laois | Varied | |
| Helen Deane | Burntwood Ring | 25th September | 2pm | GAA Park (Nenagh Road), Cloughjordan | Tipperary | 5km | |
| Claire Waldron | Cleveragh Business Park | 25th September | 2pm | Jade's Gym | Sligo | 5km | |
| Eileen Dillon | Kilmore | 25th September | 2pm | Kilmore GAA Centre | Wexford | 1 - 5km | 087 904 0923 |
| Marie Porter | Buncrana | 25th September | 2pm | Buncrana Leisure Centre | Donegal | 5km | |
| Mary Barry / Sarah Maye | Tubbercurry | 25th September | 3pm | St Brigids Hall | Sligo | 5km | |
| Sylvia McQuinn | Carrick-on-Suir | 25th September | 10am | Clayboy Business Park | Tipperary | 5 - 7km | 087 1266 306 |
| Anna Curtin | Alcan Nature Walks | 25th September | 2pm | Alcan Sports Complex | Limerick | Varied | |
| Clare Kelly | Kilkenny | 25th September | 3pm | Main Entrance, St. Luke's Hospital | Kilkenny | 5km | |
| Margo Crowley | Stradbally | 25th September | 12pm | The Square | Waterford | 051 293197 | |
| Deirdre Alexander | Laois | 25th September | Laois | 057 8664007 | |||
| Marie Wells | Chapelizon | 25th September | 2pm | Gate, St Laurence's Raod | Dublin | ||
| Skibbereen Communitt AED | Skibbereen | 25th September | 2.30pm | West Cork Hotel | Cork | 4.7km | |
| Moycullen Walking Club | Moycullen | 25th September | 10am | An Fuarán Moycullen | Galway | 6km | |
| Anne Brazil, Happy Heart Waterford | Waterford | 27th September | 7pm | The Fountain, People's Park | Waterford | 3.7km | 087 203 7112 / 051 876023 |
| Mick Delahunty | Foulksmills | 25th September | 2pm | The Outhouse Pub, Rourke's Cross | Wexford | 5km | |
| Blackrock Tidy Towns | Blackrock / Haggardstown Slí na Sláinte | 25th September | 2pm | Sundial | Louth | 4km | |
| Louth Local Sports Partnership | Drogheda Slí na Sláinte | 25th September | 2.30pm | Murdocks Car Park, Wellington Quay | Louth | 3.3km | |
| Louth Local Sports Partnership / Louth Gaa | Darver Slí na Sláinte | 25th September | 3pm | Darver GAA Centre | Louth | 3km | |
| Noirin Muldowney | Leabgarrow, Aranmore Island | 25th September | 1pm | Ferry Pier | Donegal | 087 908 1277 | |
| Michelle Houghton | Culduff Slí na Sláinte | 25th September | 2pm | Wee Hall | 5km | 086 0811279 | |
| Nuala Byrne | Dungloe | 25th September | 3pm | Finn Valley Athletic Centre | Donegal | 5km | 086 8782107 |
| Patricia Jacques | Clifden | 26th September | 11pm | Riverside Walk | Galway | 1 Mile | 087 6823889 |
| Walter McDonagh | Moycullen | 25th September | 10am | Car Park, near Forge Bar | Galway | 6km & 12km | 087 2573329 |
| Elma Duggan | Galmoy | 25th September | 11:30am | Galmoy GAA Pitch | Kilkenny | 6km | 086 3065282 |



