The next Fingal event will be in Castleblayney, County Monaghan. This event will be the first event of the 2026 Leinster League. Courses are being planned by Per Olov Elovsson, and controlled by Mike Burton of LVO. There will be 8 courses available on the day, Yellow, Orange, Red, Short Green, Light Green, Green, Blue, and Brown.

Online Entry and further details here.

Directions. Drive to the town center, then turn east past the old courthouse through the gates into Lough Muckno park. Parking will be on the right.

Hopefully there will be no major storms like last year and the level of the lake will drop to allow a dry passage to White Island. The path to it is currently under water.

The start will be kept open on request until 2 PM and courses will close at 3.30 PM, but anyone expecting to arrive after 1 PM must pre-enter.

Thanks to all who came to our 2026 night event in Skerries. Courses were planned by Val, updated by Eileen. The event was organised by Eileen and Ciaran

Results are here.

Happy New Year to all Fingal Orienteers members and friends.

We are looking forward to a very active orienteering year in 2026.
There will be an Irish Sprint Championships weekend in Limerick on the 21st and 22nd of March.

The Irish Long, Middle, and Relay Championship weekend will take place as usual on the May bank holiday weekend. It will take place on the open hill terrain of the Sheeps Head peninsula in West Cork.
The sprint has been separated because of no suitable sprint terrain in the Bantry area.

Details and links to enter both are on the Irish Championship Website .

The highlight of the year should be the OO Cup taking place on the last weekend of July in the Killarney area in Kerry. This 5 day event could be the largest orienteering event ever in Ireland, with possibly 2000 competitors taking part. Anyone who has been to the OO cup in Slovenia, France, or other countries will know that the emphasis will be on providing top class technical courses while also providing for juniors and other less experienced participants.

Details and link to entries are on the OO CUP Website

The first Fingal event of 2026 will be a night event in Skerries. Registration, Start, and Finish will be in the carpark of Skerries Mills. There will be a long and a short course. Starts from 6 PM until 7 PM. While there will be running on the streets the courses will also cross open parkland and the ballast pits near the train station.

Entries are open on the OI Fixture list.