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Surprise Donegal Catch for sick
kids!
23.12.12
SICK children have netted a whopping 12,500 euro
Christmas present thanks to a veteran Inishowen
fisherman.
Trawlerman and singer-songwriter, Michael Cavanagh
from Greencastle, donated the money to Our Lady's
Hospital in Crumlin after his music DVD 'My Work and
My Music' was a sell-out at home and overseas.
He sold nearly 800 copies of the charity disc in the
last year at home in Donegal and in the Faroe
Islands where he lands thousands of tonnes of fish
every year.
"A lot of the money was raised thanks to the
generosity of people in Donegal but I raised about
€5,000 in the Faroes and about €1,000 each in
Denmark and Norway," said the father of five. |
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Michael Cavanagh receives a
presentation from Crumlin head of fundraising Gerry
Cully. |
The 63-year old skipper
employs a crew of eleven on his Killybegs-based
trawler 'Fr McKee'.
He fishes for mackerel, herring and tuna but has
also been landing boarfish for the industrial sector
in the Faroes for the last 16 years. |
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Veteran Donegal fisherman and
songwriter, Michael Cavanagh, whose latest tuna-ful
disc has raised a whopping 12,500 euro for Our
Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. |
His charity musical efforts in the last four years
have raised more than €35,000 for good causes
including the Coast Guard and RNLI.
'My Work and My Music' includes seafaring footage as
well as Michael's own folk compositions and
contributions from a Faroe Islands gospel choir made
up of sailors and fishermen.
The big-hearted granddad was delighted to give the
proceeds to the children's hospital not least
because two of his grand-nieces were previously
treated there.
"When you see the work they do at the hospital and
you see what the children go through because of
their illnesses, it's good to know that the money
will be put to good use," he said. |
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