Archive for the ‘Mayo athletes’ Category
Liam Duffy – Profile 2010
NAME: Liam Duffy LIVES: Glan, Kilkelly, Co. Mayo TRANSPLANT HISTORY: Lung transplant in 1999. Liam suffered from Cystic Fibrosis and was wheelchair bound for three years FIRST GAMES ON IRISH TEAM: European Transplant & Dialysis Games, Dublin, 2010 ABOUT LIAM: He has a big interest in GAA. He has won county medals at U18 and ...
Regina Hennelly – Profile 2010
NAME: Regina Hennelly LIVES: Rathfarnham, Dublin; native of Manulla, Castlebar, Co. Mayo DIALYSIS HISTORY: Regina was diagnosed by chance at the age of 26 when her blood pressure was shown to be high on a routine visit to her doctor. Before that, she felt she was perfectly healthy, but it has emerged that her kidneys ...
Darren Cawley – Profile 2010
Darren is one of the great competitors of the Irish team, as you will see elsewhere on this site – he was sensational in Wurzburg, Germany, two years ago.
Regina’s blog
We have asked journalist Regina Hennelly, a member of the Irish team, to blog in the build-up to the Games. She says of herself: “In no particular order, I am a Piscean, a twenty-something-year-old, a fan of Glee, a member of Transplant Team Ireland, one of this century’s undiscovered greatest thinkers, a bookworm, a cynic, ...
Darren Cawley at Games Launch
Darren Cawley is one of the stars of the Irish team. He excelled in Wurzburg, at the European Transplant & Dialysis Games in 2008. Here, at the official launch of the 2010 European Transplant & Dialysis Games, he speaks about his life as, as he says himself with a wry grin, “the fastest sick man ...
