Posted on behalf of Pamela O'Hanlon.

COPE Galway will hold their second annual 5km trail run (walkers also welcome) in the fabulous grounds of Coole Park on Saturday 17th September at 10am.

Entry to the event costs €15 and can be done by clicking on the link above. A small number of entries will be taken on the morning of the event from 8.15-9.15am in the Lady Gregory Hotel in Gort.

Post-race refreshments will be served and prize-giving will take place in the Lady Gregory Hotel following the race from 11am.

Prizes have been sponsored by Quinns Pharmacy, Gallery Cafe, Chez Lee, Streams Beauty Rooms and Open Sesame Healthfood Shop, all local Gort Businesses.

The National Park and Wildlife Service have kindly given us permission to run this event in Coole Park; for more information on the park please click here.

All funds raised from this event are for COPE Galway’s work with women and children experiencing domestic violence, homeless people and older vulnerable people.

See our website for more details.