Delight as Longford vintage club impacted by Parkinson's present €12,000 cheque to charity

There was delight recently when the Colmcille Vintage Club handed over a cheque for over €12,000 to the Parkinson's Association of Ireland following the hugely successful Colmcille Vintage Car and Tractor Run in early-July.

Hundreds of people participated in and watched the popular event that continues to attract large crowds.

The presentation of the cheque was made in Murtagh's Bar, a well known pub at 'The Cross' in Aughnacliffe village recently when the Parkinson's Association of Ireland gratefully accepted the cheque from the Colmcille Vintage Club on August 24 last.

Chairperson of the Colmcille Vintage Club, Micheál Shaughnessy, who established the popular annual event and was assisted by a committee and local people who helped with stewarding on the day, said they were delighted to be able to hand over the money.

The €12,000 raised this year was about €500 more than was collected last year for charity.

"It was a lovely evening, the Parkinson's Association of Ireland were thrilled with the amount we collected for them," Mr Shaughnessy added.

The club decided to give the proceeds of this year’s run to the Longford branch of the Parkinson's Association of Ireland as a club member was diagnosed a few years ago.

Running for over 14 years, the event has raised in excess of €140,000 for various local charities.

The run took in a wide area of North Longford.

The 56 tractors travelled from Aughnacliffe, through Aughadowrey, Gaigue Cross, Drumlish, Doherty's Cross, and on to Ballinalee, where there was a short break and then it continued back to Aughnacliffe via Lough Gowna lake.

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