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Rennicks cup on Sunday

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from Bohermeen AC Bohermeen AC Course for Rennicks cup on Sunday in Co Meath
The course will include a very scenic view of the locality and will cross the new M3 several times ,throughout the race

Along the course runners will pass some of the regions historical places of interest .The race starts on the New Line built during the great famine of 1845-49.They pass Ardbraccan glebe former home of the Pettigure family who once owned the old White Quarry, The old Fairy fort with only 12 of its 13 remaining tress have seen and stood several hundred years of changes .Runners entering Ardbraccan will doubt fully have time to know that they now enter a rural parish once the size of Navan in times past .

Ardbraccan House on the left as runners climb Laws hill named after the local landlord of the past century .On the left is Iretons old cottage and none remain in the parish now, As runners climb the new bridge over the M 3 on the left is the former home of the legendary Gaelic player of times past the late Jem Coogan a winner of 6 senior championships medals with Bohermeen from 1909-1914 and a Meath stalwart in his day.. Entering the final two mile on the right is the oldest inhabited house in Ireland Durhamstown Castle with walls 4 feet thick.
 

The final mile will pass the Parochial house and the local church and school and McLoughlins house where Bohermeen AC was reformed in 1969.The final 800metres will tear the final efforts from any human and ending on the athletic track.