What happens when a group of motoring enthusiasts get together on the Internet?
They drive around the coastline of Ireland raising money for charity. During the three-day event last year, 13 brave souls took to the Irish roads covering 1300km in 9 cars. Nearly 7,000 Euro was raised in aid of Barretstown.
‘This year we hope to raise much more than that!’ says Donal Rafferty one of the organisers of the charity event. ‘Our target this year is €10,000.’
The three-day event starts this year in Dublin on the 4th of June; Day one is Dublin to Donegal town via the northeast coast and across the northern roads of Northern Ireland.
Day two is Donegal town to Limerick taking in the west of the country as far as Clifden.
Day three then concludes on the 6th of June with a trip from Limerick down to Cork and then back to the finish line in Dublin.
Here is the route outline by day in Google maps.
Day 1 http://tinyurl.com/36o7bsc
Day 2 http://tinyurl.com/2vbf4ry
Day 3 http://tinyurl.com/2unlpj3
If you want to put your hand in your pocket and donate, just head over to http://www.mycharity.ie/event/allthewayround2011/ and click the “sponsor me now” button, any amount no matter how big or small is welcome.
You can also take part in the event as a driver or hope in to one the cars already participating as a passenger, Boards.ie have given the crew their own forum which can be found here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1330
Or get in touch with the organisers directly at the following email addresses
Donal Rafferty
[email protected]
Gary Cardiff
[email protected]
Christopher Quinn
[email protected]
The organisers welcome anyone that wants to meet them or support their efforts along the way during the trip to get in contact.