Enthusiastic support for Ronan Foley

Ronan Foley (centre) with his mother Sinead, and former Irish canoe Olympian Brendan O'Connell.

There was an enthusiastic support in O'Connell's Bar last evening for the Table Quiz fundraiser for canoeist Ronan Foley, writes Brian Byrne.

The funds raised will go towards Ronan's costs of competing in the 2018 Canoe Marathon World Championships in Portugal in September.

He will be among 1,000 competitors from 50 countries at the event in Prado Vila Verde, which runs 6-9 September. He has already this year won gold for Ireland at the canoe marathon European Championships, held in in Metkovic, Croatia.

Brendan O'Connell, who competed for Ireland in Canoe Sprint in the Olympic Games of 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal), said Ronan is a 'great young lad' with a lot of potential. "He's better than I ever was," he added.

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