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Over 400 participants in the Ennis road race

Os cionn 400 páirteach i rás bóthair Inis 'Iron' Meáin.

News Over 400 people took it from the tires today in Ennis Meáin in the Galway bay, in the road race known as Ennis Iron Meáin.

Nuacht Thug os cionn 400 duine as na boinn é inniu in Inis Meáin i gcuan na Gaillimhe, sa rás bóthair ar a dtugtar Inis Iron Meáin.

This is the twentieth year the race has been running and the twelve kilometer race course attracts runners from all over.

Seo an fichiú bliain an rás ar bun agus meallann cúrsa an ráis dhá chiliméadar déag reathaithe as gach uile chearn.

The race was originally organized to raise money for the island's secondary school, Saint John's College.

Eagraíodh an rás ar dtús chun airgead a bhailiú do mheánscoil an oileáin, Coláiste Naomh Eoin.

The organizers of the event claim that Inis Iron Meáin is the first ever road race of its kind on the Irish islands and that other communities have since emulated them with similar races.

Maíonn lucht eagraithe na hócáide gurb é Inis Iron Meáin an chéad rás bóthair dá chineál ariamh ar oileáin na hÉireann agus go ndearna pobail eile aithris orthu ó shin le rásaí dá macasamhail.

The organizing committee of the race always manages to attract well-known people to be at the head of the course.

Éiríonn le coiste eagraithe an ráis daoine aitheanta a mhealladh i gcónaí le bheith ar cheann an chúrsa.

Today it was Galway Mayor Eddie Hoare who hit the starting bell outside Naomh Eoin's Secondary School on the island in the company of Galway Rose Deirdre Ní Cheoinín.

Inniu ba é Méara Chathair na Gaillimhe Eddie Hoare a bhuail an bonnán tosaithe taobh amuigh de Mheánscoil Naomh Eoin ar an oileán i gcuideachta Rós na Gaillimhe Deirdre Ní Cheoinín.

Connacht full-back Tiernan O'Halloran, who announced this week that he was retiring from the game professionally, was among the more than 400 runners who made it out.

Bhí lánchúlaí fhoireann Chonnacht Tiernan O'Halloran, a d’fhógair an tseachtain seo go raibh sé ag éirí as an gcluiche go gairmiúil, i measc an bhreis is 400 reathaí a thug as na boinn é.

People were present from as far afield as Sweden and Austria.

Bhí daoine i láthair as áiteanna chomh fada i gcéin leis an tSualainn agus an Ostair.

A number of Irish people returned from abroad for the Bank Holiday weekend to join their families.

D’fhill roinnt Éireannach ó thar lear don deireadh seachtaine Saoire Bainc le bheith páirteach lena dteaghlach.

Among them was Colin Frost from Castlebar but who lives in London and came back to Ennismean for the third year in a row.

Orthu sin bhí Colin Frost as Caisleán an Bharraigh ach atá ina chónaí i Londain agus tháinig arais go hInis Meáin den triú bliain as a chéile.

His father and brother were involved today as well.

Bhí a athair agus dheartháir páirteach inniu chomh maith.

Méabh Kealy, who is still in primary school, was one of the youngest competitors who took part in the 5 kilometer race today.

Bhí Méabh Kealy, atá go fóill sa bhunscoil ar dhuine de na h- iomaitheoirí ab óige a ghlac páirt sa rás 5 ciliméadar inniu.

Ennis Meáin is particularly important to her family because it is where her parents Eithne and Gerry met - at the Ennis Iron Meáin road race! Méabh told Nuacht RTÉ today that her parents return to the island every year since then to take part and that she loves that she can now run out with them! The brothers Ciarán, Colm and Alan Breathnach from Ballymun were in Dublin today as well.

Tá tábhacht ar leith ag baint le hInis Meáin dá teaghlach mar gur ann a casadh a tuismitheoirí Eithne agus Gerry ar a chéile - ag rás...