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The Fauna Trail Running Festival

Name: The Fauna Trail Running Festival
Start: 2026-09-13
End: 2026-09-13
Location: Donard Demesne East

Donard Demesne East, Ireland • 13 Sep 2026

The Fauna Trail Running Festival 2026

The Fauna Trail Running Festival is a multidistance running event in Donard, Co. Wicklow on Sunday, September 13, 2026. Activity is based at Donard Community Hall and routes use local forest trails. The organiser presents distinct distance options and a ticketed entry structure with listed base prices and fees.

The event lists these distances and base prices:

The Fauna 5 Mile - €15 base price
The Fauna 10 Mile - €25 base price
The Fauna Half Marathon - €35 base price

An earlybird offer applies to the first 150 sign ups and includes 10% off plus a free BUF as described by the organiser. Ticket entries show an additional booking fee per ticket. Registration details and contact are handled by the event organiser and recorded in the event listing. The checkout process may include two part payment validation under Strong Customer Authentication rules as noted by the organiser. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

Ireland Donard Demesne East

Race information

Website

13 mi

The Fauna Half Marathon

10 mi

The Fauna 10 Mile

5 mi

The Fauna 5 Mile

Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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