Big Heart Walks 2011

Help us turn 50,000km into €50,000!

BigHeartWalks11

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 PointCounty 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 Km087 266 5951
Tracie LaneKnockaheeny / Gurranabraher 25th September 1pm  Colmcille Park, Gurranabraher Cork5km  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 September2.30pm  West Cork Hotel Cork 4.7km 
 Moycullen Walking Club Moycullen 25th September10am 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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