‘Inspiring’ boy, 14, on Ireland’s Fittest Family moves viewers to tears
Paddy Cody (second from left) with his family on Ireland s Fittest Family
Mon, 11 Jan, 2021 - 13:13
Denise O’Donoghue
A young boy taking part in Ireland’s Fittest Family has impressed viewers and made his family proud after taking on a challenging obstacle course by himself during a storm.
Paddy Cody from Co Kilkenny took on the Fast and Furious trail on last night’s episode and gave it his all, running through a field in the wild weather, leaping over bales of hay and balancing carefully on a beam.
TWO ultra-fit Clare families will put their strength and stamina to the test on national television over the coming weeks in a bid to be crowned Ireland’s Fittest Family.
The hit TV show, which already features Clare man and Wexford hurling boss, Davy Fitzgerald, will see the Kulczynski family from Ennis and the O’Halloran family from Newpark, Kilkishen go through extreme endurance challenges in settings from ski slopes to bogs.
Over the course of the series, which started last Sunday on RTÉ One, a total of 16 families will be whittled down to four for a gruelling final contest, from which only one winning team can emerge.
Updated: 10 Jan 2021, 19:48
RTE viewers have praised young Paddy Cody, 14, as truly epic after he cleared the massive ramp on Ireland s Fittest Family.
This episode saw Derval O’Rourke’s Mileys from Kildare up against Donncha O’Callaghan’s Allens from Tipperary, Anna Geary’s O’Neill’s from Meath and Davy Fitzgerald’s Codys from Kilkenny.
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The Codys had to go ahead in the Eliminator without their dad
The four families faced Back Against the Wall with the family with the lowest combined time leaving the competition immediately.
Unfortunately it was just not the right task for the O Neil s who were cut first round.
Davy Fitzgerald supporting Kilkenny? It s all happening on Ireland s Fittest Family!
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A Kilkenny clan will be determined to prove they are Ireland s Fittest Family this weekend.
The Codys from Kilkenny will test their mettle when they tackle some of Ireland s toughest endurance challenges. Coached by Wexford hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald, who personally picked the family from the line-up, they will go up against three other families in the second episode of the new series of Ireland s Fittest Family.
The show, which will be aired on RTÉ One on Sunday at 6.30pm, will see the Codys take on families from Kildare, Tipperary and Meath in tests of muscle endurance, speed and agility.
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Ireland s Fittest Family is set to return on Sunday, January 3, 2021.
Ireland s Fittest Family is set to return on Sunday, January 3, 2021 with host Mairead Ronan and coaches Davy Fitzgerald, Anna Geary, Derval O Rourke, and Donncha O’Callaghan.
Each year, the competition begins with a group of 15-20 families, all of whom will be put through extreme endurance challenges in new locations around the country, from steep sand dunes to airports to Irish bogs and a180-metre ski slope.
This year s series of Ireland’s Fittest Family was filmed over the course of three weeks in August at the new hub at Hell & Back in Kilruddery, Co Wicklow. Set across acres of land at the foothills of the Wicklow mountains, this is the perfect location to put our families through their paces.