|
|
Greencastle couple to set sail
after €60k win
19.07.19
AN ecstatic couple from
Inishowen fulfilled a life-long ambition of visiting
the famous National Lottery winners’ room in Dublin
yesterday after they collected a cheque for €60,000
which they won on the Telly Bingo TV gameshow.
Donald and Eileen McGonagle from Greencastle, who
are life-long Telly Bingo players, religiously watch
the gameshow on RTÉ every Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday but ironically missed the all important
show when their €2.50 ticket netted them a snowball
prize of €60,000! |
 |
|
Donald McGonagle and wife
Eileen from Greencastle celebrate at National
Lottery headquarters in Dublin after they won the
Telly Bingo Snowball prize of €60,000 on Thursday,
11th July. The retired couple bought their ticket at
Farren’s Newsagents in Moville. |
The lucky couple who
are married for 55 years bought their winning ticket
at Farren’s Newsagents in Moville and it wasn’t
until they revisited the store the following day
that they found out about their massive win.
“We had no idea that the top prize of Telly Bingo
had even been won so the day after the draw, we were
pottering around Moville and we saw a poster in the
window in the shop to say that they had sold the
€60,000 prize. We got a little flutter of excitement
as we got our tickets out to check them in the shop
but we never would have imagined we would be the
lucky winners. There has been great excitement
around the town ever since with a lot of
well-wishing neighbours and friends, it’s just been
brilliant,” said a delighted Eileen McGonagle.
As the retired couple celebrated their incredible
Telly Bingo win, they discussed how it came at a
poignant time when they were celebrating the
birthday of their daughter who had passed away
previously: “It was a very emotional week for us. On
the day we won the Telly Bingo prize, we were
celebrating our daughter’s birthday who is no longer
with us. We firmly believe that she’s after pulling
a few strings up there to look after us! Money isn’t
everything but it will allow us to do things we
weren’t in a position to do before. We both love the
sun so we’ve started planning a cruise around the
Mediterranean very soon. We just can’t wait,” she
added. |
|
