In 1955 Clonliffe Harriers having had a previous nomadic existence for almost 70 years, relocated to lands in North County Dublin in the village of Santry.   The club then set about its ambitious plans to build a stadium, the result was the Clonliffe Harriers Stadium (now the Morton Stadium) which featured Ireland’s first ever cinder track.

The summer of ’58 put this stadium at the forefront of world athletics.   The ‘Summer International Sports’ on the 9th of July 1958 featured Santry’s first world record when before an attendance of 7000 spectators Albert (Albie) Thomas (AUS) set a three mile world record of 13:11.8 – Thomas some fifty years later recalled:

‘…. It was only with about two laps to go that there was a huge roar from the crowd and Dave Power was yelling ‘go you can break the world record!’ … Read More »