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An Evening with the Stars
Friday, August 29th, 2008 | 10:30pm
Friday 29th August 2008
at Harbours Edge,
Darling
Harbour,
Sydney.
The evening was organized to raise funds to purchase a defibrillator for NSW GAA and Cormac McAnallen’s
GAC. Over 250 guests enjoyed a champagne reception followed by a buffet dinner.
After dinner guests enjoyed
Australia’s
funniest Irish man Paul Martell.
The sports stars were
then interviewed ‘Parkinson style’ by the talented Irish born,
Melbourne based sports journalist Catherine
Murphy. The sports stars included:
Peter Canavan
(ex-Ireland Tyrone captain & 6 time GAA All Star)
Tadhg Kennelly (
Sydney Swans & Kerry)
Colm Begley (Brisbane
Lion & Laois)
Later in the evening
the live auction for sports memorabilia and raffle was held to raise funds for
this worthy cause. Along with The Irish Echo,
Taste
Ireland
were major sponsors for the sporting gala evening. Other sponsors
included: Durty Nelly’s Irish Pub, PJ O’Brien’s, Mulligan’s Irish Restaurant,
Irish Consul Sydney, Killard Excavations, Fer-Aim Construction and Rocktown.
The evening was a huge
success and raised sufficient funds to purchase the defibrillator.
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