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PHOTOS: A Cycle Out West To Help Two Great Organisations

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Mike Doherty and Declan Murphy at the finish of the Kerry Hospice/Tralee Samaritans Charity Cycle at John Mitchels GAA Club Complex on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean

AROUND 140 cyclists took off from the John Mitchels GAA Club grounds at Ballyseedy on Saturday for a special fundraising cycle.

The cycle benefited both the Kerry Branch of the Samaritans and the Kerry Hospice Foundation and was a huge success.

Cyclists had a choice of a 75km route from Tralee to Annascaul via Castlemaine and back with a more challenging route of 125km from Tralee to Dingle via Conor Pass and around.

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The cyclists set off around 9am and were all back before 2pm where they enjoyed a BBQ after working up an appetite on the Dingle peninsula.

There were also two food stops and both Kerry Hospice and the Samaritans wished to thank Lidl in Dingle for sponsoring the food there and Inch Community Centre for letting them use the facility.

They also thanked Colm O’Halloran for putting up a marquee for the cyclists in Dingle. Scroll down for photos…

Michael Mannix and John O’Callaghan at the finish of the Kerry Hospice/Tralee Samaritans Charity Cycle at John Mitchels GAA Club Complex on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Cathal Foley and Terry Culloty at the finish of the Kerry Hospice/Tralee Samaritans Charity Cycle at John Mitchels GAA Club Complex on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean
Erika Wallace, Deirdre Burke, Mike Finnerty and Niall Ó Loingsigh at the finish of the Kerry Hospice/Tralee Samaritans Charity Cycle at John Mitchels GAA Club Complex on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Maggie McKenna Teahon, Anne Foley and Irene Heffernan at the finish of the Kerry Hospice/Tralee Samaritans Charity Cycle at John Mitchels GAA Club Complex on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean
Maura Sullivan of Kerry Hospice with Ciarán Ó Flatharta and Cian Higgins at the finish of the Kerry Hospice/Tralee Samaritans Charity Cycle at John Mitchels GAA Club Complex on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Some members of the Chain Gang Cycling Club at the finish of the Kerry Hospice/Tralee Samaritans Charity Cycle at John Mitchels GAA Club Complex on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean
Helen Costello and Geraldine Stack at the finish of the Kerry Hospice/Tralee Samaritans Charity Cycle at John Mitchels GAA Club Complex on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean
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