Students Barrel Roll from Galway to Dublin for charity.

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JPEG

Title

Identifier

VHJ0029

Depiction

A group of 11 UCG students

Description

In response to a famine in the Congo, in 1961 a group of UCG students decided to roll a Guinness barrel from Galway to Dublin for charity. The bands fell off the barrel by the time they got to St. Patrick's Church, so they borrowed a pram and continued on their journey to Ballinasaloe, pushing the barrel in the pram. By then the pram had 'given up the ghost' and a local auctioneer replaced it. Along the route they collected money and were provided with free hotel accommodation and meals. At Kinnegad a local blacksmith had to do emergency repairs to the pram, but the group eventually arrived at St. James' Gate in Dublin (where the photo was taken) and presented Major General J. Sweeney, general secretary of the Red Cross, with the proceeds of their charity walk, £135 - a considerable sum. Messrs. Guinness presented them with the barrel as a souvenir, and it was later displayed in a glass case at UCG.
Students (l-r) Ger Tuohy, Ray Walsh, Paddy Fox, Billy Walsh, Peter Flanagan, Paddy Walsh (half hidden), Manus McLafferty, Paddy Donoghue (wearing hat) Johnny Rooney and Kevin 'Doc' Doherty. Also in photo: Maj. General J. Sweeney, and three unidentified member of Guinness' staff.

People

Ger Tuohy

Ray Walsh

Paddy Fox

Billy Walsh

Peter Flanagan

Paddy Walsh

Manus McLafferty

Paddy Donoghue

Johnny Rooney

Kevin 'Doc' Doherty

Maj. General J. Sweeney

Contributor

Tom Kenny

event

Charity event

Spatial Coverage

Guinness' Brewery, St. James' Gate, Dublin

Temporal Coverage

1961

Period

1960s

Subject

Event - Charity

Keywords

Congo

Charity

Barrel

Guinness'

Creator

Unknown

Publisher

University of Galway Library

Rights

This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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