Race Committee Raises its Charity Yield to €117,600

Donal Nelligan and Betty Riordan (centre) accepting a cheque for €500 on behalf of Castleisland Social Club from Castleisland Race Committee secretary, Kay Reidy at the annual, post races presentation of cheques at Tom McCarthy’s Bar on Friday night. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Catherine Murphy (left) and Charlie Farrelly presenting the €1,000 proceeds of the Humphrey Murphy Memorial 5K Road Race to Mary O’Sullivan representing Glebe Lodge at the annual, post races presentation of cheques at Tom McCarthy’s Bar on Friday night. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Castleisland Race Committee member, Martin Conway presenting a cheque for €2,100 to Miriam McElligott (left) and Kate O’Mahony who accepted on behalf on the Castleisland Senior Citizens Committee at the annual, post races presentation of cheques at Tom McCarthy’s Bar on Friday night. ©Photograph: John Reidy

At the Castleisland Race Committee cheque presentations at Tom McCarthy’s Bar on Friday night were, front row: Jim Lordan, Kathleen O’Callaghan, Mags O’Sullivan, Leo Murphy, Betty Riordan, Charlie Farrelly, committee chairmen; Miriam McElligott and Kate O’Mahony, Castleisland Senior Citizens Houses Committee and Lacey Kerins-Reidy. Back row: Seamus O’Connor, Mary Murphy, John Ryan, Mary O’Sullivan, John Murphy, Kay Reidy, Bill Reidy, Donal Nelligan, Martina O’Mahony, Ted Kenny, Martin Conway, Tom O’Sullivan, Kathleen Horan, Catherine Murphy and James Maher. ©Photograph: John Reidy

Castleisland Race Committee held onto its annual ritual of presenting cheques to local charities in the wake of its June meeting at Powell’s Road.Tom McCarthy’s Bar was the venue and a large gathering represented the committee and the beneficiaries.

Before the formalities, Charlie Farrelly informed the gathering that it’s because of the volunteering nature of the races committee that the means are available to their charity distribution fund. Castleisland Social Group and its representatives, Donal Nelligan and Betty Riordan received €500 from the fund. The management reps of senior citizens’ houses at Townbee, Miriam McElligott and Kate O’Mahony were presented with a cheque for €2,100.

A €1,000 cheque was presented to Glebe Lodge Lodge and this was the proceeds of the Humphrey Murphy Memorial 5K Road Race which was held on the Friday evening of the races weekend.
The cheque was presented by the late Humphrey’s widow, Catherine to representatives: Mary O’Sullivan, Kathleen O’Callaghan and Séamus O’Connor. Humphrey’s parents, Leo and Eileen Murphy, sister Mary and brother John were also present on the occasion.
Chairman Farrelly also revealed that a €1,000 donation would be presented to the Senior Citizens’ Houses Committee from the end-of-August tractor and vintage vehicle run in honour of the late Paudie Fitzmaurice.
Thanking the committee for its contribution to their committee Miriam McElligott explained that both Kate O’Mahony and herself had inherited the committee places and responsibilities from parents-in-law. In Miriam’s case from the late Mrs. Patricia McElligott and in Kate’s from the late Conor O’Mahony.

The races committee has raised and presented €117,600 to local charities from the proceeds of their meetings over the past decade and a half.