Walk In Grace’s Memory Raises Incredible Amount For Three Organisations

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At the presentation of the cheque to three organisation to benefit from the Grace Moran Memorial Walk were, front, from left; Sr Agnes of Cuan Mhuire, Con O’Connor of Pieta House, Eileen Moran, Lexi Keane Moran, Audrey Moran and Anne Burrows of MS Society. Back row, from left; Robbie Maher, Brendan O’Reilly, Martin Brosnan, Martin O’Shea, Jimmy Moran, Batty Coffey, Sean Moran, Pat Turner, Eileen Whelan of Paco and Henry Burrows of Tralee MS Society. Photo by Dermot Crean

A WALK, held a month ago from Kerins O’Rahillys clubhouse, has raised a phenomenal amount of money for three organisations.

The Grace Moran Memorial Walk was held on Sunday, November 11 and people turned out in their hundreds to remember the popular Kerries lady who died in November, 2017.

When all the money was collected from sponsorship cards and donations, the total raised came to €17,664 which will be shared evenly between  Pieta House, Tralee MS and Cuan Mhuire.

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At a cheque presentation on Monday evening at Kerins O’Rahillys, Audrey Moran, on behalf of the Moran family, thanked everyone at the organisations for the work put in to making the day a success.

At the presentation of the cheque to three organisation to benefit from the Grace Moran Memorial Walk were Con O’Connor of Pieta House, Jimmy Moran, Sr Agnes of Cuan Mhuire, Eileen Moran and Henry Burrows of Tralee MS Society. Photo by Dermot Crean

“We greatly appreciate all the work you put in. Please God we’ll be around again this time next year as we hope to make it an annual event,” she said.

Con O’Connor of Pieta House said the almost €6,000 they received will save lives.

“It’s an outstanding amount of money, it’s absolutely brilliant. From a Pieta House point of view, the €6,000 will put six people through the service. That’s six people that Grace Moran will be responsible for saving their lives, which is a fabulous achievement,” he said, thanking the Moran family.

Henry Burrows, Chairman of the MS Society in Tralee also expressed his gratitude to the Moran family.

“It just shows how popular Grace and how highly she was thought of in the town such was with the amount of money raised. We will put this money towards our physio fund and Grace will always be in our thoughts,” he said.

Sr Agnes of Cuan Mhuire thanked organisers for their efforts. “I’d like to express how touched and how grateful we are Eileen and Jimmy, to all the fundraisers and everyone who took part in the walk.”