It’s a big weekend for many local athletes.
A host of individuals from both Carlow and Kilkenny are competing at the Special Olympics Summer Games.
Groups from both counties were waved off on Thursday and it seems since then a lot of fun’s been had amid the competitions;
Added to that, three local men are in the Netherlands for the European Transplant Games which get underway tomorrow.
Among the twenty-five strong national squad is Tomás Ó hAileagáin from Carlow and Kilkenny men JP O’Neill, who is currently living in Kildare, and Pat Savage, who resides in Carlow.
Front Row: JP O Neill (Kilkenny living in Kildare) Pat Savage (Kilkenny living in Carlow) Mairead O Mahony (Cork), Darren Cawley Guest Speaker and transplant athlete from Mayo, Patrick O Sullivan (Cork), Marie O Connor (Clare) Laura McDowell (Dublin), Edelle Collins (Dublin) Louise McDevitt Farrelly (Cavan)
Missing from Team Photo: Robert McCutheon (Dublin), Kevin Haugh (Clare), Tom O Reilly (Dublin), Finbarr O Regan (Dublin) Peter Heffernan (Dublin), Victor Conroy (Laois)
