*Members of the Spancil Hill Fair Committee and the Hassett family hand over the cheque to Anne Marie Hayes of Milford Care Centre at the Cross of Spancil Hill.
OVER SIXTY TEAMS took part in a recent table quiz in memory of the late Paddy Hassett.
At the end of May, the Grove Bar and Restaurant in Roslevan was the setting for a table quiz which celebrated Paddy’s life but also raised funds for Milford Care Centre.
In fact, a total of €8,407 was raised for Milford Care Centre with the cheque presented to Anne Marie Hayes by members of the Spancil Hill Fair Committee and the Hassett family.
Paddy had been a leading light in the Spancil Hill Fair Committee since its formation. He was an excellent veterinary surgeon, passionate about hunting and poetry, a jockey and a fine hurler who played won a Fitzgibbon Cup with UCD in 1964.
He consumed books on Irish history and had a keen appetite for the poetry of WB Yeats, Seamus Heaney and Patrick Kavanagh while he was known to mark any local success or events of note with a new poem.
