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32 County Charity Drive in a 1984 Fendt Tractor

  • 09-09-2010 9:48am
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    lepoatnam
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    Hope it's OK to post this here. Please feel free to move if in the incorrect forum.

    32 County Charity Drive in a 1984 Fendt Tractor
    A close family friend is taking on a 32 County Charity Drive to fundraise for Cancer Care, Hospice and Temple Street Children's hospital in an 1984 Fendt tractor.
    If any of you see a Galway (XIM) registered Fendt tractor on the roads in your neck of the woods in the next 2 weeks please give him a beep and a few quid if you can spare it (in these hard times).

    Article below is from the Irish Independent.

    A vintage tractor with more than 800,000 kms on the clock is about to embark on a round-Ireland trip.

    The unique charity drive is being undertaken by friends Joe Flanagan and Bill Doherty to raise funds for cancer research and other charities.

    Joe, from Caherlistrane, in Co Galway, is undertaking the trip in support of cancer research, after his wife, Winnie, lost her battle with the illness four years ago. His grandchild Sarah (2) recovered from meningitis at Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin last year and he is anxious to give something back to those who helped his loved ones.

    He now has his 1984 Fendt tractor in perfect order for the round trip, thanks to the efforts of Bill, a tractor repair expert and co-driver.

    The tractor was nearly lost forever after a vandalism attack in Claregalway in 2001.

    Joe spent three months restoring it, Bill did all the technical and mechanical work and Joe's nephew, Kenneth Kyne, did the electrical work.
    Joe and Bill will set off from Kilmaine, Co Mayo, on September 10 and plan to complete the trip 11 days later and arrive in time for the National Ploughing Championships in Athy.


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