Ultra running might be a minority sport but it's fast gaining a higher profile due to the great performances by some Athenry AC athletes, most recently Ruthann Sheehan. Ruthann hails from Cork and is the West Cork Sports Star of the Year.

Congratulations Ruthann!

It certainly can't be easy to take time off from training in order to buy all those dresses for the dinners! See the newspaper report at http://www.southernstar.ie/News/Ruthann-Sheahan-is-West-Cork-Sports-Star-of-the-Year-13012013.htm.

I am reliably informed by an Australian who has done extensive research in Irish idioms that the correct pronouncation is "Wesht Cark".