Dublin Marathon medal marks 100 years since Nobel Prize of W.B. Yeats

This year's Dublin Marathon medal will pay tribute to William Butler Yeats on 100th Anniversary of his Nobel Prize for Literature, organisers said.

The 2023 race, sponsored by Irish Life, gets under way on 29 October at 8.45am.

Each person who crosses the line after completing the 26.2-mile challenge will be presented with the medal, which has been engraved with a quote from the Nobel Laureate, who was born in Dublin.

"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't met yet."

The quote embodies the values of the Dublin Marathon, organisers said, adding that the race is known worldwide as "the friendly marathon".

Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, and considered the prize as less for himself than his country, calling it Europe's welcome to the Free State.

The 2023 race is due to have reduced entries when compared to last year.

First held in 1980, the Dublin Marathon will have a capacity of 22,500 entries, down from 25,000 in 2022.

A new category has been introduced for the race to allow athletes to enter as nonbinary.