.Sam and Elaine O’Sullivan at the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot Crean
IT was a wet Saturday morning but there was a decent turnout for the annual Bill Kirby Memorial Walk in aid of the Kerry Hospice.
The rain teemed down but around 200 showed up for the walk with Mike Gaffney and friends keeping spirits up playing music before the participants headed away to walk off the excesses of the day before.
Walkers left Kirby’s Brogue Inn at around 11.30am, went up Rock Street up Monavalley, over to the Bracker O’Regan Road, down Caherslee then back to The Rock through Pembroke Street.
Fiona and Kevin from the Brogue then generously supplied some free hot drinks and scones for the drenched walkers to warm them up.
The St Stephen’s Day event has raised €273,000 to date for charity ever since it began as a fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society back in 1999. Since 2006, all money raised has gone to the Kerry Hospice.
Organised by Michael ‘Fox’ O’Connor, the day has become a real tradition in town and long may it last.
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Terry O’Sullivan with (in front) Bríd, Aine (left) and Aoife O’Sullivan at the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanDermot and Susan Leen at the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot Crean.Frank Greaney, Brendan Hurley and Sam Locke at the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanNora and Lisa Curran, Cora and Anne Savage at the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot Crean.Michael and Sandra O’Connell at the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanAndrea O’Donoghue, Grace Clifford, Frances Sheehy and Carmel Quilter O’Neill at the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot Crean.Crowds gather for the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanSetting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanMike Moriarty setting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanSetting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanSetting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanSetting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanSetting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanSetting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot CreanSetting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby’s Brogue Inn on St Stephen’s Day. Photo by Dermot Crean
