Posts by Angelina Nugent

You can watch the special iMayo TV Show which was recorded at the #ShineALightforHospice ceremony in Knock on Sunday November 29th. The ceremony was live-streamed from the Pope Francis Plaza and Henry McGlade and Tommy Stenson were there to capture a flavour of the event.  

Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation’s virtual Ecumenical Service, which had been due to take place on Sunday January 17th has been postponed. The ceremony has been put on hold in the interests of safety, given the current Level 5 restrictions and high case numbers of COVID-19 in the community. A new date for the ceremony will…

Connacht Rugby, in conjunction with our partners BLK and INTERSPORT Elverys, are delighted to announce that sales from this year’s limited edition ‘Heroes’ jersey have raised €27,000 in funds for three worthy charities. The unique jersey was the result of a special collaboration between the three organisations during the initial COVID-19 lockdown, with 100% of…

Here is the full #ShineALightforHospice ceremony from Sunday November 29th.

On Saturday May 2nd, 8-year-old Eloise McDonnell had planned to make her First Holy Communion. To mark the day, while maintaining social distancing and observing all guidelines, Eloise completed a 10K in Kilmovee in her sister’s communion dress. Eloise and her sister Lucia raised over €30,000 for Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation. Last year Eloise participated…

Two transition year students at CBS Roscommon have raised almost €11,000 for Mayo Roscommon Hospice. Tommie O’Hara and Sean McCormack were behind a huge tractor run that happened in Roscommon Town at the beginning of March. The tractor run was in memory of Tommie’s sister, Tracey Brennan, who came to prominence having campaigned for the…

The first batch of face masks were presented to Angelina Nugent of the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation at the Kilmovee Shamrocks GAA ground, while observing the government physical distancing rules. Some 4,000 face masks were donated to the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation following an online appeal for donations in a bid to raise funds to…

The Roscommon Senior Footballers have raised over €50,000 for Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation. The players came together in April to raise funds for Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation, after learning that how severely the charity was impacted by COVID-19, with its 12 shops closed and fundraising events cancelled for the foreseeable future. The panel, management and…

This will be of enormous help to and will enable Mayo Roscommon Hospice to continue working for the benefit of the people of Mayo at their lowest ebb. CEO of Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation Martina Jennings said: ‘We are thrilled to have received this donation from the Mayo International Supporters Foundation. 100% of fundraised income…

This card game in Barnacarroll turned out to be an amazing fundraiser for Mayo Roscommon Hospice. Organised by Padraic Joyce and Christy Flatley, there were over 50 tables on the night of the event in mid-November. Christy and Padraic worked tirelessly to raise funds for Hospice with the event and obtained local sponsorship, erected road…