St Mary's Granard GAA Annual St Stephen's Day Walk

I was incredibly humbled to be contacted by club secretary Matt Smyth that the club where I first fell in love with Gaelic Games was going to direct the funds from one of their most important (and badly needed) annual fundraisers to my efforts to get treatment for what this disease that I had acquired.
Granard GAA led to my own underwhelming playing career, but inspired a lifelong grá that took me into club development as president of Barcelona Gaels for 5 of their most formative years and most recently I was hoping to establish Rio Casements as Brazil's first Gaelic Games club... alas...
It has been one of the most significant experiences of my return home after over 20 years and now walking with a stick that my first visit back to a park which held so many playing memories, now as a spectator and be welcomed by everyone as if the passing of time had never taken place..
The same characters, smiles and craic oozed from a community that truly knows how to welcome their own...
Granard GAA led to my own underwhelming playing career, but inspired a lifelong grá that took me into club development as president of Barcelona Gaels for 5 of their most formative years and most recently I was hoping to establish Rio Casements as Brazil's first Gaelic Games club... alas...
It has been one of the most significant experiences of my return home after over 20 years and now walking with a stick that my first visit back to a park which held so many playing memories, now as a spectator and be welcomed by everyone as if the passing of time had never taken place..
The same characters, smiles and craic oozed from a community that truly knows how to welcome their own...
The event in the end raised a total of €2,460!!!
which has been deposited to the fund account (see below) and thank you to everyone who took part.
which has been deposited to the fund account (see below) and thank you to everyone who took part.