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Supporting a tractor run in Kilcrohane in aid of Aoibheann’s Pink Tie and Breakthrough Cancer Research were Declan, Daniel, Jonathan and Laurna Holland from Bantry
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Barbara and Ava Sexton took part in the New Year’s Day swim in Courtmacsherry in aid of the Courtmacsherry RNLI.
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Josie O’Connell with crew members Enda Boyle and Mark John Gannon.
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At the New Year’s swim in Glandore were Abby Kelleher, Richie O’Mahony, Claire O’Mahony, Bea O’Mahony, Lucas O’Mahony and Kara Kelleher, all from Union Hall
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Enjoying their swim in Castletownshend were Sheila, Maeve and Rory McGovern with Corneila Bakkum.
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Emily Murphy was busy handing out sweets to all the swimmers and their families at the New Year’s Day swim in Castletownshend. (Photo: Anne Minihane)
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Taking part in the Glandore New Year’s Day swim were Deirdre Sheehan, Elmarie O’Riordan and Patrick Casey.
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At the New Year’s Day hunt in Ballinadee were Aibhlín Barry and Katie Shanahan, Leap with ‘Timmy’.
(Photo: Denis Boyle)