Catherina McKiernan had to miss the Inter-Counties Cross Country

Catherina McKiernan has been named on the Irish team for the European Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh on 14 December despite missing Sunday's National Inter Counties event.

McKiernan was forced to pull out of the Mullingar event because of 'flu but her recent win in Margate made her an automatic choice for selection.

The 1994 European winner will line up in a strong Irish team which includes Sonia O'Sullivan, Inter Counties winner Rosemary Ryan and Ann Keenan-Buckley.

The race will be the first time McKiernan and O'Sullivan have been named on a team together since the World Cross Country Championships in Turin in 1997 when both finished in the top 10 and led the Irish team to the bronze medal.

The men's team will be led by the record-breaking Seamus Power who won his 9th successive Inter Counties title on Sunday.

Arkansas-based Alistair Cragg, who finished a superb eighth in last year's event in Croatia, will also compete in Edinburgh. Men
Seamus Power, Peter Mathews, Vincent Mulvey, Robert Connolly, Mark Kenneally, Alistair Cragg. Reserve: Tristan Druet

Women
Ann Keenan-Buckley, Rosemary Ryan, Jolene Byrne, Sonia O'Sullivan, Catherina McKiernan
Marie Davenport. Reserve: Maria McCambridge

Junior Men
Mark Christie, Andrew Ledwith, Alan McCormack, Joseph Sweeney, James McCarthy, Dan Mulhaire. Reserve: Daniel Darcy

Junior Women
Linda Byrne, Fionnuala Britton, Frances Nic Riamoin, Siobhan O'Doherty, Orla Drumm, Michelle Gallagher. Reserve: Ashling Baker.