Tractor run ready for the off

A FUNDRAISING tractor run, supporting The Declan O’Shea Trust, will be held in Kilmihil on Sunday.
Declan, who turned 36 in January, was seriously injured in an accident last October in Faro, Portugal. He underwent an operation on his spine in Portugal and then spent a month in the spinal injuries unit of the Mater Hospital in Dublin. He has been receiving treatment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire since last December.
A Kilmihil footballer, mechanic and part-time farmer, who completed his Green Cert, Declan is well known throughout West Clare.
Organisers are keen to stress that Sunday’s tractor run is not confined to vintage tractors. Therefore, anybody with access to any type of tractor, whatever its age, is welcome to attend. Registration will be at 12noon at Kilmihil GAA field, while the tractor run is due to depart Declan O’Shea’s native village at 1pm.
Organisers are confident the event will be supported by local communities, as well as the Kilmihil parish. The route will wind out the Cree road before culminating back in the GAA field.
Following the tractor run, Alan Kelly will provide entertainment in Declan McNamara’s pub from 4pm.
Meanwhile, a motorbike run in aid of the Declan O’Shea Fund will also be held on Easter Sunday. The run will leave the One Mile Inn in Ennis at 12.30pm and travel to Kilmihil.
Further information is available from Clive Kelly on 087 2196988.