Fighting Blindness Launch as Official GAA Charity of the Year 2013
2 July 2013; The Irish patient-led charity Fighting Blindness has been selected as one of the five official GAA charities for 2013 and a full programme of activity for the season as charity partner was launched today, Tuesday 2nd July 2013, at Croke Park with guest of honour Páraic Duffy, GAA director general in attendance. Players past and present, including Barney Rock, Dublin, Pat Fox, Tipperary, Eoghan O’Flaherty, Kildare, Aindreas Doyle, Wexford, and Sinead Finnegan, Dublin, also lent their support on the day and participated in a blindfold hurling and football challenge. The programme of activity will include Fighting Blindness Sundays at Croke Park, All-Ireland ticket draws, a Gaelic Writers’ Association Quiz, and an FBD Kilmacud Crokes Football 7s Charity Game. For further information, visit www.fightingblindness.ie. At the launch are Dublin ladies footballer Sinéad Finnegan, with Wexford footballer Aindreas Doyle, left, and Kildare footballer Eoghan O'Flaherty. Croke Park, Dublin. Picture credit: Brian Lawless / SPORTSFILE
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