Three students restore 1956 Ferguson 20 vintage tractor and raise €64k for children’s cancer charity
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Three Strokestown TY students - Andrew Jordan, Jack Beirne and Mark Rogers - restored a 1956 Ferguson 20 vintage tractor and raffled it off, raising just over €63,700 for Childhood Cancer Foundation );
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Three Strokestown TY students restored a 1956 Ferguson 20 vintage tractor and raffled it off last month to raise just over €63,700 for Childhood Cancer Foundation Ireland, a national charity providing vital play services for children with cancer.
The trio were also selected as Connacht winners of the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Special Recognition Awards, in acknowledgment of their work for their community during Covid-19.
January 23, 2021 7:00 am
Three Roscommon teens who restored a 1956 Ferguson 20 tractor and raffled it to raise money for Childhood Cancer Foundation Ireland have scooped the Connacht Electric Ireland GAA Minor Special Recognition Award.
Strokestown GAA’s Jack Beirne and Andrew Jordan and St. Barry’s GFC member, Mark Rodgers, won the award for their outstanding efforts in raising over
€60,000 for the Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Jack is a childhood survivor of leukaemia and benefitted from the Childhood Cancer Foundation’s services. As part of a Transition Year project, Jack, Andrew and Mark purchased the vintage tractor with the plan of restoring and selling it, with the proceeds going to the charity which provides vital
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