Card Players Turn Up Trumps for Charities

River Island Hotel representative, Daniel Spillane (left) with card players and their cheque for Castleisland Day Care Centre at Sunday night’s presentations. Photo courtesy of John O’Connell

Card school founder, John Skevena O’Sullivan (seated centre left) with River Island Hotel Card Players and representatives of Our Lady of the Angels charity at Sunday night’s cheque presentations. Photo courtesy of John O’Connell

Representatives of Brú Columbanus and River Island Hotel Card Players at Sunday night’s cheque presentations. Photo courtesy of John O’Connell

Kingdom Carers representatives and River Island Hotel card players at Sunday night’s cheque presentations. Photo courtesy of John O’Connell

North Kerry Alzheimer’s Society members and card players at Sunday night’s cheque presentations. Photo courtesy of John O’Connell

Five charities received €1,000 each from the card players at the River Island Hotel, Castleisland on Sunday night.

The funds are raised through the 31 game held every Sunday night at the hotel. The recipient charities were: Bru Columbanus; Castleisland Day Care Centre; North Kerry Alzheimer’s; Kingdom Carers and Our Lady of the Angels.

Results of Sunday Night’s Games at The River Island Hotel

The following are the results of the card game held in The River Island Hotel on Sunday night last.

1^st: Mary McGaley and Johnny O Connell; 2^nd: Pat and Dom O’Donnell, Carmel Daly and Gerard Walsh. Ladies: Maureen Fitzgerald and Kathleen McCarthy, Mary Bradley and Noreen Fleming, Kathleen Herlihy and Eileen Breen. Gents: Paul and Joe Geaney.

Mixed: Maria O’Connor and Dan McCarthy, Hannah Hickey and Liam Moriarty, Dolly McAuliffe and Mike.

Spots: Dick Collins and Neily Shanahan, Eileen and John O Connell, Bridget Gray and Noel Murphy. Cards continue every Sunday night at 9pm sharp.

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