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The Glanageenty Loopers will be taking on a run from Bray to Valentia from next Saturday.
THE ‘Glanageenty Loopers’ are entering a relay team to run from Bray Head, Co. Wicklow to Bray Head to Valentia Island while also raising funds for Kerry Hospice.
This race will take place over an 8-day period from Saturday, June 22 to Sunday, June 30. Brian Byrne is a founding member of the Glanageenty Loopers and along with two
colleagues, completed this run in its entirety back in 2000.
This year, Brian has inspired 10 members of Glanageenty Loopers, based in Ballymac, to take on the challenge as a relay.
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The race has now been placed on the annual race calendar with the Irish Mountain Running Association (IMRA). The runners will start on Bray Head, Co Wicklow on June 22, cover a number of trails across five counties before reaching the Kerry Way at Killarney, on to Portmagee and finally to Bray Head on Valentia Island some eight days later.
The 200-year-old Valentia Slate Company, which earlier this year achieved the coveted
status of World Heritage Stone, is sponsoring the finisher mementos for the race.
The “Glanageenty Loopers” have chosen to fundraise for The Kerry Hospice Foundation
which is a voluntary organisation that provides t funding and Support for Palliative Care
Services in Kerry. To donate click on www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/Head to Head
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