We love this idea.
Enjoy your mates’ favourite GAA memories, share your own, everyone donates a few quid to charity and we all have a laugh.
Magic.
It is the brainwave of Eoghan Rua GAA Club in Derry, who are running the GAA Memories Challenge in aid of Aware Northern Ireland and Pieta House in the Republic.
The aim is to promote mental health wellbeing and the fight against depression.
The idea is you share a funny/touching/memorable from your life in the GAA as a player, supporter or hurler on the ditch, donate either €2 or £2 and then nominate four more friends to do likewise. All under the hashtag #GAAMemories.
It is for a very serious cause but has already provided some serious laughs, involving Colm O’Rourke, Jagerbombs, Bob Marley and a ship-wrecked people carrier.
Some lethal Craic on @EoghanRua #gaamemories challenge. What about this effort from @Ciaranj05 on Derry footballers team building weekend. pic.twitter.com/pWUwKC8gNI
— club balls (@clubballs) September 22, 2016
This from @ColmMcGoldrick1 is brilliant. Get involved at #gaamemories and help raise some money for charity in the process #GAA pic.twitter.com/h98M5wWUXy
— Cahair O'Kane (@CahairOKane1) September 22, 2016
Here’s Lauren McLaughlins #GAAMemories – her dad’s trip to the beach with u14s didn’t go so well! Let’s hear your for @AwareNI @PietaHouse pic.twitter.com/uhbc432prR
— EoghanRua (@EoghanRua) September 23, 2016
There are loads more to enjoy, if you visit the official fundraiser Facebook page.
If you are interested in taking part then text ERUA01 £2 to 70070 for UK based mobiles to donate £2 to AWARE. In the Republic, text GAAmemories to 50300 for ROI based mobiles to donate €2 to PIETA HOUSE.
Texts cost €2. Pieta House will receive a minimum of €1.63. Service Provider: LIKECHARITY. Helpline: 076 6805278
At the end of the campaign Eoghan Rua will receive 30% of donations back from the charities.
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