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How much your club is getting from JP McManus donation

Published 17:05 25 Sept 2018 BST

Updated 18:33 25 Sept 2018 BST

Niall McIntyre
How much your club is getting from JP McManus donation

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It was a brilliant gesture from JP.

If every millionaire in Ireland was like JP McManus, then the GAA would have no financial worries for the rest of time. There'd be state-of-the-art gyms, steam rooms and cryotherapy chambers in little GAA clubs in the middle of nowhere and never again would a team have to worry about having sliotars to train with and hot showers for after. And even though money doesn't solve all problems, it sure as hell helps when a team can afford to provide their players with a feed after training. The Limerick man, who made his fortune in the horse racing game, made an extremely generous €3.2 million donation to the GAA on Monday afternoon, to be distributed to each county board in the form of €100,000 each. The aim is that the county boards will then divide the fortune evenly among every club in their county. On average, clubs will receive €2000 each. We've calculated how much each club is going to get in each county. Listen, €2000 isn't going to rip up trees for GAA clubs all over Ireland. Put in perspective, it can cost a club €5000 for one of their players to get a knee operation, but at the same time, it does save a few lotto ticket sales. Fermanagh's 22 clubs will benefit the most, receiving €4545 each, while Cork's 167 will benefit the least, receiving €599 each. Dublin's Mossy Quinn had a brilliant reaction to JP's generosity. https://twitter.com/mossyquinn/status/1044265924151447554 The Tipperary county board monthly meeting took place on Monday night, and word of McManus donation was given a round of applause. https://twitter.com/BrophShane/status/1044314448004091904
Antrim's 45 clubs - €2,222 each Armagh's 51 - €1,961 Cavan's 41 - €2,439 Carlow's 30 - €3,333 Cork's 167 - €599
Clare's 53 - €1,887 Derry's 40 - €2,500 Donegal's 40 - €2,500 Down's 48 - €2,083 Dublin's 91 - €1,098 Fermanagh's 22 - €4,545 Galway's 81 - €1,235
Kerry's 70 - €1,429 Kilkenny's 41 - €2,439 Kildare's 50 - €2,000 Laois' 46 - €2,174 Leitrim's 24 - €4,167 Limerick's 69 - €1,449 Longford's 24 - €4,167 Louth's 41 - €2,439 Mayo's 50 - €2,000
Meath's 59 - €1,695 Monaghan's 33 - €3,030 Offaly's 41 - €2,439 Roscommon's 34 - €2,940 Sligo's 26 - €3,846 Tipperary's 72 - €1,388 Tyrone's 53 - €1,887 Waterford's 50 - €2,000 Westmeath's 46 - €2,173 Wicklow's 38 - €2,631 Wexford's 49 - €2,040
How much your club is getting from JP McManus donation