The international sporting cavalcade is the biggest thing to hit the East Cork town since ‘Moby Dick’, writes Christy ParkerThe East Cork town of Youghal is fast becoming a place transformed as it prepares to welcome Ironman Cork. The chit-chat at check-outs and bar counters is inevitably the international Ironman triathlon and persistently positive with all the evidence pointing to a party waiting to happen. Footpaths have been repaired and roads resurfaced along, and beyond, the main streets in advance of Ireland’s first full Ironman triathlon on Sunday, June 23. Ironman Cork has more than 2,670 entries for a swim challenge commencing early morning at Claycastle beach. Work in and around Youghal has ranged from road resurfacing to levelling the beach in preparation for the Ironman triathlon.

Source: Irish Examiner June 09, 2019 23:02 UTC