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Aine Barry, 31, a teacher, undertook the challenge of completing 12
half-marathons over the last 12 months.
Cork woman runs combined 255km, raises €9.5k
To mark her 30th birthday in July of last year, following the death of
her beloved grandfather John, and her aunt Cathy, Ms Barry decided to
fundraise for the West Cork Palliative Care charity, who’s nurses
assisted her deceased relatives in the weeks leading up to their death.
Rachel Lysaght
A Cork woman living in Abu Dhabi has raised nearly €9,500 in aid of a
local palliative care charity through a marathon challenge.
Aine Barry, 31, a teacher, undertook the challenge of completing 12
half-marathons over the last 12 months.
To mark her 30th birthday in July of last year, following the death of
her beloved grandfather John, and her aunt Cathy, Ms Barry decided to
fundraise for the West Cork Palliative Care charity, who’s nurses
assisted her deceased relatives in the weeks leading up to their death.
Ms Barry covered a total distance of 255km across the 12 events, nine
of which were completed in Abu Dhabi.
Following the completion of her final marathon last month in
Skibbereen, where she was accompanied by family and friends, Ms Barry
raised a total of €9,415 for her selected charity.
Speaking to The Echo, Ms Barry said: “To mark turning 30, I said I’d do
something to give back.
“In February of last year, my mum’s sister passed away from a brain
tumour. Then about two weeks later, my granddad passed away. As it
happened, whatever way the shifts ended up being, the same nurses came
to both houses.
“They were incredible, the way they do their job, I just don’t know how
they do it.
“I decided to do the marathons, and my dad did the first and second
ones with me here in Ireland. Then I did the rest of them in Abu Dhabi
with different people before coming back to finish.
“For the last one, my dad, brothers and cousins said we would do it all
together. It was a really nice way to mark the end of it, because when
I got to the finish line, 50 or 60 of my family members were there to
greet us."
Ms Barry said that she chose the West Cork Palliative Care charity as
the service is one that many people, without realising, may need to use
at some point in their life.
“I was so overwhelmed with the donations, people are so kind,” she
said.
“It was just really nice to see people being so generous for a cause
that is really important.”
At a reception earlier this week, Ms Barry, alongside her family
members, presented the donations cheque to Marymount Hospice, who will
then transfer the funding to West Cork Palliative Care.
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