Arrival of Liam MacCarthy brings big lift to Cahercalla

*100 year old George Casey with Conor Cleary, Aidan McCarthy and Eibhear Quilligan. Photograph: John Mangan

RESIDENTS OF Cahercalla Community Hospital and Nursing Home received a great lift on Bank Holiday Monday with the visit of a certain Liam MacCarthy.

Three members of the All-Ireland winning Clare side, Eibhear Quilligan, Conor Cleary and Aidan McCarthy brought Liam MacCarthy with them on a special visit to the Ennis facility.

Along with the presence of the Clare hurlers, there was also dancing and singing with music provided by the Clarecastle Comhaltas Group on what was a memorable occasion for young and old including 100 year old George Casey.

Michael Maher from Inch helped to orchestrate the visit. “It went great, it was unbelievable,” he told The Clare Echo. He also presented a cheque of €1,230 for Cahercalla following a fundraiser he completed in the Kilmaley Inn.

Maher believed the visit is one that would serve as one of the many highlights for Cleary, Quilligan and McCarthy. “It would be very hard to follow it, I know the rest of the hospitals are looking for the Cup but I don’t think they can match what happened. It is a huge lift for everybody that was in attendance.

He told The Clare Echo, “I would have a long association with Cahercalla, nearly all my family was born there, my late wife who is dead nearly 17 years spent some time there before she died so we would have a close connection to it and this was a very special occasion”.