SEPTEMBER 17, 2026
With the transfer window for the Irish Life Dublin Marathon closing on Wednesday, 23 September at 23:59, Dublin Marathon Group is reminding runners to ensure that any transfer of an entry is completed through the official Eventmaster transfer system.
Using the official transfer process is important to ensure that the person taking part is correctly registered for the event. When an entry is officially transferred, the new runner provides their own personal and emergency details as part of the process. This means we have the correct information for the person who will actually be taking part on race day.
Any entries sold outside the official Eventmaster transfer system will be cancelled.
Please find further information on the official transfer process on our transfer page HERE.
Why is this important?
- From a health and safety perspective, having the correct runner information allows our team to identify a participant quickly and access the appropriate personal and emergency details if required.
- The official transfer process also ensures the new runner receives the correct race number and all relevant participant communications ahead of race day.
- It also protects the integrity and fairness of the race results, and helps to prevent unauthorised race number swapping by providing runners with ample opportunity to safely and securely exchange entries. Finish times, age categories and results must be attributed to the person who actually completed the race, particularly where performances may impact age-category results, prizes or official race records.
Anyone caught swapping their race number outside of the official transfer window and running with a different participant’s race number will be disqualified from Dublin Marathon Group events and removed from the results of the race.
Protection from Scams
We are also aware of scams promoting fake or invalid entries through social media and other unofficial channels. Using the official transfer process gives runners confidence that an entry has been transferred legitimately and correctly through the event registration system.
You can check whether your Irish Life Dublin Marathon entry is legitimate by entering the email address and order ID of the ticket holder HERE.