Vintage fans raise funds for Marie Curie

The funds were raised as the result of a vintage vehicle gathering at the Hawthorn Inn in November, a fireside quiz, an auction and sales of a calendar depicting vintage tractors and cars and they were handed over on January 14.

All this was supported by generous sponsorship by Maine Surface Finishing - one of Ireland’s leading shot blasting, powdercoating and wet painting specialists.

Eugene Kearney, one of the organisers is delighted with the amount raised,

He said: ”We wish to thank the many hundreds of people who supported our fund raising efforts. Marie Curie provides a very caring service to the terminally ill and depends on substantiial volountary funding. Our supporters showed great generosity and kindness towards a very worthy cause”.