Annual Ladies Lunch raises over €20k for charities
Mairead Ronan from RTE Ireland’s Fittest Family co-hosted event
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Mairead Ronan from RTE Ireland’s Fittest Family who co-hosted the event on the day.Image 2 of 13
Fiona Greaney, Olive Gray and Una Reilly.Image 3 of 13
Meera Essergee and Nausheen Sheikh.Image 4 of 13
Ruth Maloney Derham, Yvonne Morton and Lorna Maloney Derham.Image 5 of 13
Paul Cox, MC, Dorothy Clarke, Ranjit Elliott, Una Elliott, Sarah Boylan and Rosie Baker (Committee members) and Mairead Ronan, presenter, Ireland’s Fittest Family, MC.Image 6 of 13
Mary McDwyer, Mairead Synott, Helen Hynes and Bernie Foran.Image 7 of 13
James Elliott.Image 8 of 13
Clongowes Wood College TY students. From: Arthur Ashmore, James O’Neill, James Elliott, Conor Keogh and James Dempsey.Image 9 of 13
Carmel Lee, Siobhan Smith, Cait Quaid, Ellis Boylan.Image 10 of 13
Carmella Reilly, Jennifer Cusack and Lisa Reilly.Image 11 of 13
Jacinta O’Callaghan, Ann Marie Sexton, Jackie McQuillan, Mary McDwyer and Martina Sexton.Image 12 of 13
Maria Brady, service coordinator, Cuan Cancer and Hugh O’Reilly, chairman of the board of Cuan Cancer.Image 13 of 13
Danielle Brady and Clodagh Pryce, Farnham EstateThe Annual Ladies Lunch, held at Cavan’s Farnham Estate on Saturday, November 26, helped raise over €20,000 for the two worthy charities - Cuan Cancer Support and the ‘Duck Push’ for Crumlin Children's Hospital.
The event was attended by 230 ladies, and has been hosted annually at the Farnham Estate hotel since the first event in March 2017.
The last event was held in March 2020, just before lockdown, and organisers were understandably “delighted to be back” with an event in 2022.
The ladies lunch committee consists of five members - Ranjit Elliott, Una Elliott, Rosie Baker, Dorothy Clarke and Sarah Boylan.
This year's lunch chose ‘The Duck Push’, a charity event that Clongowes Wood College Transition Year students do every year.
Traditionally the ‘Duck’ has been pushed 265km from Dublin to Limerick city. This year the students plan to match the 265km, but do this over different legs around the country. The money raised from the initiative will go towards buying new medical equipment for Crumlin Children's hospital.
Organisers thanked everyone who supported this year’s ladies lunch event.
“The local businesses really got behind the event donating everything from their time to donating spot prizes, raffle prizes and lots of goodies for the goody bags. We would like to say a big thank you to everybody who attended and donated in any way to our event.”