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Getting the walking shoes out for the Kerry Hospice Good Friday Walks were, front right, Andrea O’Donoghue with, at back, Mary Shanahan and Maura Sullivan of Kerry Hospice and Aine Moriarty, Clinical Nurse Manager at the Palliative Care Unit. Photo by Dermot Crean
HERE’S you final reminder that the annual Kerry Hospice Foundation Good Friday walks are back tomorrow, so get out the walking shoes.
In total there are 22 walks taking place from Ballinskelligs to Ballybunion and everywhere in between and the good news is that it looks like the weather will stay dry.
The walks have been hugely supported over the years but the get-togethers could not take place over the last two years due to COVID restrictions.
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The Good Friday walks were first started in the 90s by the late Ted Moynihan who first started the Tralee walk and — like previous years — the Tralee walk is held in memory of Ted.
The following is the times and venues for the walks around Kerry…
• The Tralee walk will start at the Grand Hotel at 11am.
• Spa/Fenit 10am from the Tankard
• Castleisland at the Library at 11
• Ballyheigue 10am at the village
• Castlegregory 11am starting point the village
• Lixnaw 11am at Ballyhennessy loop.
• Ballybunion at 11am from the Barracks.
• Ballyduff 5pm Cashen Pier
• Listowel at 10am St Patrick’s Hall
• Killarney 10.30 Garden Restaurant Muckross House
• Glenbeigh, Rossbeigh Beach at 10am
• Kilcummin 10am at the church
• Milltown 10am at Milltown
• Iveragh Group 11am in Cahersiveen
• Ballingskelligs 11am in Ballingskelligs
• The Glen 11am from the day centre
• Valentia 11am from Chapeltown football pitch
• Portmagee 11am from community centre
• Waterville 11am from the IRD carpark
• Killorglin 10am from the Plaza
• Tarbert 10.30am from the comprehensive school
• Annascaul/inch 11am on inch beach.
If you can’t join walkers you can still support the Kerry Hospice Foundation by clicking on http://www.idonate.ie/KHFGoodFridayWalk
Kerry Hospice Foundation pledges to fund €500,000 yearly to help with the running costs of the Day Unit, the inpatient Unit and the Home Care services.
They also hope to help to be able fund two new Nurse Prescribers in the near future. Without public support the specialist palliative care services and the facilities would not be possible.
