WOLFE TONES na Sionna topped off a successful 2024 season by raising over €5000 for Men’s health charity, Movember.
Having won the intermediate championship in both hurling and football, Wolfe Tones already have plenty to celebrate from their 2024 season. What better way for the Shannon club to round out the year than by running a prosperous Movember campaign.
Movember is an annual worldwide event, established by the Movember charity, which helps to raise awareness and funds to help combat men’s health issues.
Fionn McInerney, sub-goalie for the Clare IFC winning football side told The Clare Echo about their recent fundraiser. “We all kind of decided to get involved to raise some money and awareness. I suppose particularly mental health and prostate cancer, it’s an important cause for us to support, for the men on the team, not just on the pitch but off the pitch as well not only for the club but also to give back to the community as well”.
The campaign involved a variety of creative and fun fundraising efforts. Players and management from both the men’s hurling and football teams came together to take part in the campaign. Some took part in the classic “auld moustache challenge,” as described by Fionn, while others ran a combined total of 200km in a show of dedication to the cause.
With the starting goal of €3000 the Shannon GAA club’s Movember campaign exceeded this goal raising over €5000 for men’s health, however the benefits of the campaign go beyond the essential funds raised.
“It was great to raise awareness and money for a good cause but it’s actually been great for the team. It has kind of made the lads come together and work together. We have seen a big change in the attitude in the team since doing the fundraiser,” Fionn noted. “It has brought the football and the hurling teams together, and even the younger lads have been brought in. It has brought us closer. It has brought us into one team, one club, as the Wolfe Tones motto goes”.
The Movember campaign has also strengthened the connection between the club and the local community and Fionn hopes that this support will continue into the 2025 season; “The club does a lot for the community between fundraisers and hosting parties and events. We hope that by giving to the community, they will come out and support us, whether it’s sharing our fundraisers or coming to support our matches. We just need the community to get behind us ahead of the 2025 season”.
