AN American man who won a Donegal farmhouse in a raffle says he only entered the draw because it was for a good cause.
Robert Duncan and his wife Valeria had just gone to bed when his phone started ringing. After ignoring it a couple of times Robert answered to be told that he had won the house along with £50,000 in cash.
“I saw this Irish number coming up on my phone and because I work in technology, you do get unusual calls from time to time. But you don’t normally pick up because who is going to be calling you at that time of night? But it rung two or three times until I answered.
Just hours left to enter hugely anticipated draw for home on the Wild Atlantic Way and £50,000
A portion of the money raised will go to the Beaumont Hospital Foundation
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Excitement is mounting as the draw for a traditional farmhouse with hostel, camping pitches and other outbuildings is only hours away.
The winner for this highly desirable property in Bruckless, south Donegal will be drawn this evening. And not only will someone win the house, they can also look forward to STG£50,000 to get them established in their new home or business.
Entrants will also be contributing to the Beaumont Hospital Foundation.
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Four Donegal sisters are raffling their family home and a cash prize - with the hope of giving something back to Beaumont Hospital in the process.
Marcia Turley and her three sisters lost both their parents - Ben and Lyndall Gallagher - over a two-month period in 2018.
The parents Donegal farmhouse and adjoining land were left to the children as their inheritance.
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The house was initially put on the market, but a combination of Brexit and the COVID-19 crisis made the sale process more challenging than planned.
After being inspired by other stories of
families raffling houses, Marcia and her sisters have now decided to hold a raffle instead - not just for the house, but also a £50,000 (€57,500) cash prize for the lucky winner.
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While it was a difficult moment in time, Ms Turley said she was glad that at least it didn’t occur during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Thank god this didn’t happen during Covid,” she said. “Because how would we have coped? And you know the funeral would have been less than it should have been.
“We were grateful I suppose in one way that it all happened then, and we were grateful in another way that daddy went first because he couldn’t have coped watching her die.”
Her father passed away on March 29, 2018, in hospital, and her mother then also sadly died on May 21 in a hospice.