Cycling Without Age

Cycling Without Age is promoted by our club in Killarney with the aim of helping older and immobile residents of the town to regain the experience of being out on a bike and to gain better access to the delights of the area.

This is part of an international movement which was founded in Holland in 2012 and has now spread worldwide. Under the scheme, a pilot cycles with two passengers on a three-wheeled, electric-assisted ‘trishaw’.

At the launch of the project on March 11th, 2020, our club Chairman, Mark Murphy, said:

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We always considered ourselves to be a very inclusive club and Cycling Without Age is an extension of this belief. Our membership ranges from Rás Tailteann riders to easy-going leisure cyclists, and from under-10s to over-70s. We also have a mentoring programme which helps adults get back into cycling and gives them the confidence and skills to ride with club groups. Cycling Without Age is a natural extension of this ethos: as we get older and lose our ability to manage on two wheels, it is great that we have a means of still feeling the wind in our hair. With a large proportion of older people in the town, and the National Park at our doorstep, the scheme seemed ideal for Killarney.

Mark Murphy, Club Chairman, March 11th 2020

The project was initiated in 2019 by a team from the club that included Tom Daly, Ann Sheehan and Declan O’Callaghan, and was made possible by support from Kerry County Council, the HSE and Killarney Chamber of Tourism & Commerce.

Please contact us if you are interested in being involved and have time to commit to training and acting as a pilot.

Launch of Cycling Without Age Killarney, March 11th 2020. From left: Eileen O’Donoghue, Killarney Municipal District Officer, St Columbanus Community Hospital residents John Clifford and Michael Fitzgerald, and Mark Murphy, Chairman, Killarney Cycling Club. Att back: Máire Flynn, Director of Nursing at Killarney Community Hospitals, Siobhan Griffin, Kerry County Council Community Development Officer, Declan O’Callaghan, Killarney Cycling Club, Mayor of Killarney, Cllr Michael Gleeson and Tom Daly, Secretary, Killarney Cycling Club.