400m Hurdles

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Best Male performances in 400m Hurdles
Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Thomas Barr	UL	50.44	10th to 11th Apr 2015	T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
2	Thomas Barr	UL	50.92	7th to 8th Apr 2017	T&F	400mH	Cork
3	Philip Beattie	QUB	51.00	2nd to 3rd May 1986	T&F	400mH	Santry & College Park
4	Steve James	Birmingham	51.50	14th Jun 1977	IUAA Representative	400mH	Belfield
5	Brian Liddy	TCD	51.50	24th Apr 1999	T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
6	Thomas Barr	UL	51.73	7th to 8th Apr 2017	T&F	400mH Semi 1	Cork
7	Clive Beattie	IUAA	52.10	14th Jun 1977	IUAA Representative	400mH	Belfield
8	Philip Beattie	QUB	52.20	4th to 5th May 1984	T&F	400mH	Belfield
9	Cathal Locke	UL	52.25	8th to 9th Apr 2022	T&F	400mH	IT Carlow
10	Jack Mitchell	UL	52.53	8th to 9th Apr 2022	T&F	400mH	IT Carlow
11	John James Dillon	IUAA	52.60	11th Jun 1972	Internationals	400mH	Westerlands, Glasgow
12	Timmy Crowe	IUAA	52.68	31st May 2015	Celtic T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
13	Tom McGuirk	Dublin	52.72	17th Jun 1995	IUAA Representative	400mH	Belfield
14	James Matthews	GST	52.75	24th Apr 1999	T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
15	Euan Dyer	SUCA	52.80	31st May 2015	Celtic T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
16	Clive Beattie	QUB	52.90	4th to 5th May 1979	T&F	400mH	Belfield
17	Denis Gerard Finnerty	TCD	52.90	2nd to 3rd May 1986	T&F	400mH	Santry & College Park
18	Darren Prout	LIT	53.01	13th to 14th Apr 2018	T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
19	Paul Byrne	UL	53.04	5th to 6th Apr 2019	T&F	400mH	Athlone Institute of Technology
20	Jason Harvey	UU	53.12	12th to 13th Apr 2013	T&F	400mH	Mardyke & Bishopstown

Best Female performances in 400m Hurdles
Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
1	Jessie Barr	UL	58.19	21st Apr 2012	T&F	400mH	Athlone Institute of Technology
2	Brona Furlong	DCU	59.41	24th Apr 2010	T&F	400mH	Santry
3	Vicki Jamison	NI U20	60.24	28th Jun 1994	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
4	Brona Furlong	DCU	60.52	25th Apr 2009	T&F	400mH	Plassey
5	Jessie Barr	UL	60.70	25th Apr 2009	T&F	400mH	Plassey
6	Jessie Barr	UL	61.14	30th Apr 2011	T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
7	Lorna Silver	SU	61.18	28th Jun 1994	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
8	Vicki Jamison	NI U23	61.23	20th Jun 1995	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
9	S. McCann	GST	61.27	22nd Jun 1993	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
10	Brona Furlong	DCU	61.39	19th Apr 2008	T&F	400mH	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
11	Claire Taylor	SUCA	61.40	31st May 2014	Celtic T&F	400mH	Grangemouth
12	Breda Ruane	TCE	61.40	3rd to 4th May 1985	T&F	400mH	Mardyke
13	Jessie Barr	UL	61.51	24th Apr 2010	T&F	400mH	Santry
14	Holly McArthur	GST	61.53	28th May 2016	Celtic T&F	400mH	Ayrshire Athletic Arena, Kilmarnock
15	Emily Craig	Scotland	61.53	25th May 2019	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
16	Mhairi Patience	SAL Select	61.80	31st May 2014	Celtic T&F	400mH	Grangemouth
17	Annie Leonard	UU	61.80	2nd to 3rd May 1986	T&F	400mH	Santry & College Park
18	Niamh Cremin	UL	62.39	14th Apr 2007	T&F	400mH	Santry
19	Emily Craig	Scotland	62.46	26th May 2018	Celtic T&F	400mH	Grangemouth
20	Jessie Barr	UL	62.58	19th Apr 2008	T&F	400mH	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield

Outdoor Male record progression in 400m Hurdles
Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
John James Dillon	TCD	57.20	9th May 1970	Belfield
John James Dillon	TCD	55.00	7th to 8th May 1971	Mardyke
Paul Beattie	QUB	53.90	3rd to 4th May 1974	Belfield
Clive Beattie	QUB	53.60	5th to 6th May 1978	Mary Peters
Clive Beattie	QUB	52.90	4th to 5th May 1979	Belfield
Philip Beattie	QUB	52.20	4th to 5th May 1984	Belfield
Philip Beattie	QUB	51.00	2nd to 3rd May 1986	Santry & College Park
Thomas Barr	UL	50.44	10th to 11th Apr 2015	Mary Peters

Outdoor Female record progression in 400m Hurdles
Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
M. McKiernan	NCPE	77.70	30th Apr to 1st May 1976	Plassey
Ann O'Leary	UCC	68.00	1st to 2nd May 1981	Plassey
Ann Lyons	TCE	66.20	6th to 7th May 1983	Mary Peters
Barbara Johnson	UCC	63.90	4th to 5th May 1984	Belfield
Breda Ruane	TCE	61.40	3rd to 4th May 1985	Mardyke
Brona Furlong	DCU	61.39	19th Apr 2008	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
Brona Furlong	DCU	60.52	25th Apr 2009	Plassey
Brona Furlong	DCU	59.41	24th Apr 2010	Santry
Jessie Barr (OYD)	UL	58.19	21st Apr 2012	Athlone Institute of Technology

T&F Male medalists in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles
Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
7th May 1966	440yH	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	59.60	Colm A. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	NT	Brian Geraghty	UCG	NT
5th May 1967	440yH	Sean McDermott	UCD	54.80	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	55.40	John Fleming Keys	TCD	56.00
11th May 1968	440yH	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	59.30	John Fleming Keys	TCD	60.30	John Toomey	UCD	61.50
3rd May 1969	440yH	Seán F. Ó Muircheartaigh	UCD	54.80	John McDermott	UCD	55.40	John James Dillon	TCD	56.00
9th May 1970	400mH	John James Dillon	TCD	57.20	G. Morton	QUB	58.30	B. Mailey	QUB	58.30
7th to 8th May 1971	400mH	John James Dillon	TCD	55.00	Raymond "Ray" Knox	QUB	55.60	John Fleming Keys	TCD	58.50
5th to 6th May 1972	400mH	David John Baird	TCD	58.90	Charles J. "C.J." Kirkpatrick	QUB	60.10	David N.F. Tilsley	TCD	60.40
11th to 12th May 1973	400mH	Paul Beattie	QUB	57.40	Michael J. O'B. Kennedy	TCD	60.30	Ivan Kirkpatrick	QUB	60.40
3rd to 4th May 1974	400mH	Paul Beattie	QUB	53.90	Tim Crowe	NCPE	54.40	P. Kelly	NCPE	57.10
2nd to 3rd May 1975	400mH	Paul Beattie	QUB	57.40	Ivan Kirkpatrick	QUB	58.40	G. Murphy	UCD	58.70
30th Apr to 1st May 1976	400mH	Paul Beattie	QUB	56.00	Ivan Kirkpatrick	QUB	57.20	Daniel V.A. "Danny" Lang	TCD	57.30
7th May 1977	400mH	Clive Beattie	QUB	55.90	Kieran Gerard Walshe	TCD	58.20	Charles J. "C.J." Kirkpatrick	QUB	59.40
5th to 6th May 1978	400mH	Clive Beattie	QUB	53.60	Kieran Patrick Walshe	TCD	56.50	Brian Tremble	UCD	59.20
4th to 5th May 1979	400mH	Clive Beattie	QUB	52.90	Adrian George Barry	TCD	56.70	K. Walsh	TCD	58.80
2nd to 3rd May 1980	400mH	J.J. Barry	UCD	56.00	Terence Fiachra Mac Namara	TCD	56.40	A. Chestnut	QUB	57.60
1st to 2nd May 1981	400mH	Denis Gerard Finnerty	TCD	55.10	J.J. Barry	UCD	NT	C. Chestnut	QUB	NT
30th Apr to 1st May 1982	400mH	J.J. Barry	UCD	58.00	J. Conway	UCD	59.80	A. Chestnut	QUB	59.80
6th to 7th May 1983	400mH	J.J. Barry	UCD	53.70	Aoghain Foley	UCD	57.20	A. McEvoy	QUB	61.60
4th to 5th May 1984	400mH	Philip Beattie	QUB	52.20	J.J. Barry	UCD	53.60	Denis Gerard Finnerty	TCD	55.60
3rd to 4th May 1985	400mH	Denis Gerard Finnerty	TCD	54.60	Darragh Conway	NIHED	55.63	Enda Fitzpatrick	UCD	57.20
2nd to 3rd May 1986	400mH	Philip Beattie	QUB	51.00	Denis Gerard Finnerty	TCD	52.90	Darragh Conway	NIHED	NT
8th to 9th May 1987	400mH	John J. "J.J." Barry	TCD	53.50	Padraig Greally	TCD	54.40	Brian Dunne	UCD	58.20
29th to 30th Apr 1988	400mH	John J. "J.J." Barry	TCD	53.22	P. Cunningham	UCG	55.28	Michael "Mick" O'Brien	UCD	55.38
5th to 6th May 1989	400mH	John J. "J.J." Barry	TCD	54.40	K. Kirkham	TCD	55.40	A. O'Brien	UCD	56.20
27th to 28th Apr 1990	400mH	John J. "J.J." Barry	TCD	56.21	Jeremy Skillington	Cork RTC	NT	D. Flynn	UCD	NT
3rd to 4th May 1991	400mH	John Connolly	TCD	56.96	Colm Moore	UCD	NT	Peter Clancy	UL	NT
24th to 25th Apr 1992	400mH	John Connolly	TCD	56.33 (ET)	Alan Kelly	UCD	59.66 (ET)	Peter Clancy	UL	61.54 (ET)
23rd to 24th Apr 1993	400mH	John Connolly	TCD	55.80	Michael Cooke	QUB	56.80	Paul McCauley	UCD	57.30
22nd to 23rd Apr 1994	400mH	Ian Neely	UU	55.40	Brian Long	UL	56.50	Paul McCauley (OYD)	UCD	57.10
21st to 22nd Apr 1995	400mH	Jeremy Lyons	Waterford RTC	56.50	Brian Long	UL	57.30	O. Bannon	UL	62.02
19th to 20th Apr 1996	400mH	Brian Liddy	UCD	53.14	Jeremy Lyons	Waterford RTC	53.43	Colm Farry	UCD	57.04
26th Apr 1997	400mH	Brian Liddy	UCD	53.88	Ian Neely	UU	54.10	Jeremy Lyons	WIT	55.00
24th to 25th Apr 1998	400mH	Brian Liddy	TCD	54.16	Colin Byrne	WIT	55.82	Paul McHale	DIT	56.78
24th Apr 1999	400mH	Brian Liddy	TCD	51.50	Colin Byrne	WIT	53.31	David Murphy	UU	56.04
15th Apr 2000	400mH	Colin Byrne	WIT	55.33	Alex Brennan	UL	56.55	Joe Rafferty	TCD	57.33
21st Apr 2001	400mH	Alex Brennan	UL	55.17	Jonathan Miller	TCD	57.50	Paul McMullan	QUB	58.30
19th to 20th Apr 2002	400mH	Brian Liddy	TCD	56.56	Paul Howard	TCD	57.57	John Paul O'Brien	UG	58.78
26th Apr 2003	400mH	Colin Byrne	DCU	53.51	Brian Liddy (OYD)	TCD	56.65	Philip Kearney	UL	58.14
17th Apr 2004	400mH	Philip Kearney	UL	56.90	Paul McMullan	QUB	58.00	Derek Callan	DCU	59.80
23rd Apr 2005	400mH	Maurice Donoghue	UL	55.32	Barry Upton	WIT	55.58	Philip Kearney (OYD)	UL	55.84
22nd Apr 2006	400mH	James Ruxton	IT Sligo	56.07	Patrick O'Donnell	UU	61.04	Damien Walsh	WIT	62.32
14th Apr 2007	400mH	Barry Upton	WIT	54.52	Philip Kearney	UL	54.90	James Ruxton	IT Sligo	55.61
19th Apr 2008	400mH	Barry Upton	WIT	55.06	James Ruxton	DCU	55.23	Philip Kearney	UL	55.69
25th Apr 2009	400mH	Greg O'Leary	DCU	58.77	Paul Byrne	DCU	60.07	Fabien Bosc	UL	64.15
24th Apr 2010	400mH	John Fagan	DCU	53.29	Barry Upton	WIT	54.27	James Ruxton	DCU	54.36
30th Apr 2011	400mH	Thomas Barr	UL	53.92	Timmy Crowe	UL	54.26	John Fagan	DCU	55.15
21st Apr 2012	400mH	Timmy Crowe	UL	53.55	Paul Byrne	DCU	53.80	Barry Upton (OYD)	WIT	55.54
12th to 13th Apr 2013	400mH	Jason Harvey	UU	53.12	Cathal Owens	CIT	57.56	Sean Gill	DCU	58.28
11th to 12th Apr 2014	400mH	Barry Upton	UL	54.24	Eoghan Courtney	UL	54.77	Evan Mc Guire	DCU	54.77
10th to 11th Apr 2015	400mH	Thomas Barr	UL	50.44	Ben Kiely	IT Sligo	53.63	Brandon Arrey	DCU	53.88
16th Apr 2016	400mH	Evan Mc Guire	DCU	54.77	Paul Byrne	UL	56.16	Eoin Power	DCU	58.07
7th to 8th Apr 2017	400mH	Thomas Barr (OYD)	UL	50.92	Joseph Halwax	DKIT	53.83	Eoin Power	DCU	55.53
13th to 14th Apr 2018	400mH	Darren Prout	LIT	53.01	Cathal Locke	UL	53.15	Joseph Halwax	DKIT	53.30
5th to 6th Apr 2019	400mH	Paul Byrne (OYD)	UL	53.04	Cathal Locke	UL	54.17	Darren Prout	LIT	54.60
8th to 9th Apr 2022	400mH	Cathal Locke (OYD)	UL	52.25	Jack Mitchell	UL	52.53	Ciarán Nugent (OYD)	TUD	54.99
21st to 22nd Apr 2023	400mH	Jack Mitchell	UL	53.13	Ryan Canning	UU	54.84	Oisin McCorry	UCD	55.49
5th to 6th Apr 2024	400mH	Adam Courtney	UU	53.76	Oisin McCorry	UCD	57.55	Caelan Campbell	UU	59.08

T&F Female medalists in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles
Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
30th Apr to 1st May 1976	400mH	M. McKiernan	NCPE	77.70	Grainne Friel	NCPE	85.10
7th May 1977	400mH	Grainne Friel	TCD	NT
1st to 2nd May 1981	400mH	Ann O'Leary	UCC	68.00	Mary Cross	TCE	NT	P. Turley	QUB	NT
6th to 7th May 1983	400mH	Ann Lyons	TCE	66.20	M. Brady	TCE	68.50	M. Gregan	UCD	69.30
4th to 5th May 1984	400mH	Barbara Johnson	UCC	63.90	Ann B. Brady	TCD	NT	Kathy Fulcher	UCD	NT
3rd to 4th May 1985	400mH	Mary Nolan	TCD	63.50	Ann B. Brady	TCD	63.60	Kathy Fulcher	UCD	66.70
2nd to 3rd May 1986	400mH	Annie Leonard	UU	61.80	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	NT	Ann B. Brady	TCD	NT
8th to 9th May 1987	400mH	Annie Leonard	UU	64.30	C. Mann	UCD	64.30	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	65.10
29th to 30th Apr 1988	400mH	Joanne FitzGerald	UCD	62.66	Joy Alexander	QUB	67.48	S. Kenny	UCD	70.80
5th to 6th May 1989	400mH	Joanne Fitzpatrick	UCD	63.80	R. Leonard	UU	66.60	Joy Alexander	QUB	69.90
27th to 28th Apr 1990	400mH	Joanne FitzGerald	UCD	64.06	J. Heffernan	SPM	NT	Joy Alexander	QUB	NT
3rd to 4th May 1991	400mH	Joanne FitzGerald	UCD	66.60	Elizabeth "Liz" Carey	UCD	NT	Siobhan Hillery	TCE	NT
24th to 25th Apr 1992	400mH	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	63.34 (ET)	T. McGurr	UU	67.31 (ET)	F. Muldowney	UCD	70.65 (ET)
23rd to 24th Apr 1993	400mH	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	65.40	Marie O'Meara	UL	66.80	Sandra Ball	UL	68.00
22nd to 23rd Apr 1994	400mH	Marie O'Meara	UL	67.90	Aisling McCarthy	UCC	73.80	Brigitta Nystrom	TCD	77.50
21st to 22nd Apr 1995	400mH	Marie O'Meara	UL	63.92	Patricia Naughton	UCD	65.84	Maura Prenderville	UCC	71.48
19th to 20th Apr 1996	400mH	Marie O'Meara	UL	63.40	Maolissa Hynes	UCC	63.70	Josephine Bradshaw	TCD	71.70
25th to 26th Apr 1997	400mH	Josephine Bradshaw	UL	71.00	Sinead Kissane	UCD	72.11	Clodagh McGrath	UCC	73.06
24th to 25th Apr 1998	400mH	Maolissa Hynes	UL	64.97	Sinead Kissane	UCD	71.44	Muriel Cummins	TCD	72.78
23rd to 24th Apr 1999	400mH	Gail Doyle	UCD	69.19	Una McCarthy	TCD	72.55	Juliet Claffey	UL	73.47
15th Apr 2000	400mH	Marie O'Connell	UCC	65.87	Kerry Mitchell	UU	65.92	Lynne Cantwell	UL	66.06
21st Apr 2001	400mH	Orna Donoghue	UL	63.99	Kerry Mitchell	UU	64.46	Sarah Kelly	UG	65.15
19th to 20th Apr 2002	400mH	Mary McLoone	TCD	66.05	Maria Sheehan	UL	66.50	Kerry Mitchell	UU	68.04
26th Apr 2003	400mH	Mary McLoone	TCD	64.77	Dawn Kelly	UCC	65.41	Orla Power	UL	65.84
17th Apr 2004	400mH	Mary McLoone	TCD	64.57	Niamh Cremin	UCC	64.57	Dawn Kelly	UCC	66.03
23rd Apr 2005	400mH	Dawn Kelly	UCC	63.28	Mary McLoone (OYD)	TCD	64.78	Lesley O'Connor (OYD)	TCD	67.90
22nd Apr 2006	400mH	Niamh Cremin	UCC	62.89	Jennifer Reddy	UL	66.03	Brona Furlong	DCU	66.56
14th Apr 2007	400mH	Niamh Cremin	UL	62.39	Orna Donoghue (OYD)	UL	65.33	Jennifer Reddy	DCU	69.30
19th Apr 2008	400mH	Brona Furlong	DCU	61.39	Jessie Barr	UL	62.58	Miller Allison (OYD)	WIT	71.88
25th Apr 2009	400mH	Brona Furlong	DCU	60.52	Jessie Barr	UL	60.70	Sarah Woods	UCD	69.47
24th Apr 2010	400mH	Brona Furlong	DCU	59.41	Jessie Barr	UL	61.51	Sarah Woods	UCD	69.67
30th Apr 2011	400mH	Jessie Barr	UL	61.14	Hannah Trehy	DCU	73.62	Orna McGinley	DCU	78.51
21st Apr 2012	400mH	Jessie Barr (OYD)	UL	58.19	Sarah Woods	UCD	65.43	Ailbhe Courtney	UL	67.13
12th to 13th Apr 2013	400mH	Clare Murphy	UL	62.75	Jessica Neville	UCC	62.90	Christine Neville	UCC	66.99
11th to 12th Apr 2014	400mH	Jessica Neville	UCC	62.88	Orlane Dubo	UG	64.58	Orla Furney	TCD	67.97
10th to 11th Apr 2015	400mH	Jessica Neville	CIT	63.78	Louise Van Eecke	QUB	64.99	Alessandra Feudatari	IT Sligo	68.64
16th Apr 2016	400mH	Kate Mc Gowan	DCU	63.08	Jessica Neville	CIT	63.66	Laura Frey	TCD	66.71
7th to 8th Apr 2017	400mH	Jessica Neville	CIT	63.37	Clodagh O' Mahoney	UL	63.59	Lilly-Ann O'Hora	DCU	63.91
13th to 14th Apr 2018	400mH	Niamh Malone	UU	63.35	Shannen Dawkins	UCC	64.20	Kate Mc Gowan	DCU	64.77
5th to 6th Apr 2019	400mH	Kelly Mc Grory	DCU	62.81	Niamh Malone	UU	64.45	Denise O Connor	WIT	64.66
8th to 9th Apr 2022	400mH	Deirdre Murray	DCU	62.61	Caoimhe Mackey	UCD	64.21	Charlotte Bourke	TCD	64.46
21st to 22nd Apr 2023	400mH	Cara Murphy	UCD	62.90	Jenny Sawyer	UL	63.25	Caoimhe Mackey (OYD)	UCD	63.84
5th to 6th Apr 2024	400mH	Alex Joyce	ATU	63.52	Orla Coffey	UCC	64.49	Moya O'Connell	DCU	65.83

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400m Hurdles

Winning performances in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles