SOME OF GAELIC football’s most prized possessions will climb Carrauntoohil as part of a unique charity fundraiser.
‘Sam to the Summit’, launched in Croke Park today, will see Sam Maguire and an All-Ireland football medal from each of the 32 counties scale Ireland’s highest peak in May.
The event is being organised by former Galway dual star Alan Kerins who hopes to raise €100,000 to support his aid projects in Africa.
Tyrone’s Peter Canavan, Cork’s Graham Canty, Dublin’s Barry Cahill and Armagh’s Stevie McDonnell are among the star names who have signed up to take their Celtic Crosses to the summit.
The GAA legends will be joined by 32 co-climbers from the public, each of whom will have to commit to raising €2,500 in sponsorship when they sign up.
The oldest surviving All-Ireland medal, won by Limerick’s Malachi O’Brien in 1887, will be carried to the top by a member of the McStay family who purchased it in 2005.
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