Killorglin withdraws

THE roads in Kerry and West Limerick will be eerily quiet this year as the colour, excitement and carnival atmospheres associated with Ras Mumhan, one of Ireland’s premier cycling events, will be sadly missing for the first time in 22 years.

Due to be staged in Kerry and West Limerick over last Easter weekend, the four-day event was initially postponed until later this year due to Covid-19.

However, on Monday last the organising committee of Rás Mumhan announced that they will not promote the event in 2021.

According to Tadhg Moriarty, Race Director, the committee was disappointed to have been unable to host the 2020 edition of the race.

“The decision to withdraw from event promotion was taken early in 2020. The intention of the organising committee was to announce the decision at the conclusion of the 2020 race, events however overtook the plan,” Mr. Moriarty said.

“Given the complexity of organising the event, the committee felt it necessary to provide clarity regarding the future promotion of the race. It is hoped that this announcement will provide Cycling Munster with sufficient time to find an alternative promoter for Rás Mumhan for 2021.”

In a statement announcing the cancellation of the event, Tadhg Moriarty said the committee wished to sincerely thank all those involved in the promotion of the event that has been based in Killorglin since 2001.

The committee also wishes to acknowledge the longstanding support of all sponsors, especially the title sponsor of the event, Kerry Group. The developments of recent years would not have been possible without