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LITRES of ice cream were eaten at the Old Forge in Tulla on Sunday, May 27 but it was all for a good cause as the community hosted a very successful HB Ice Cream Sun- day in aid of Down Syndrome Ire- land.
The event, among several around Clare and many nationally, was organised by local woman Maeve Mulcahy and her neighbour, Max Krauss.
“My husband’s nine-year-old niece has Down’s Syndrome and so we al- ways attended the event in Ennis so I decided it might be nice to have one locally. We applied online and printed off posters for around the village. We got a fantastic response and there was probably a couple of hundred people throughout the day from one to four o’clock.”
The Tulla Ice Cream Sunday raised nearly €900, the majority of which will go to the Clare Down Syndrome branch.
“We just put out a donations box rather than charging per ice cream and that actually raised a lot more Wer DOr. @ oe Cereb
“You never know how some- thing will go for the first time and weather-wise it was a bit dodgy but it didn’t stop people. Wveryone was very good,’ she added.
The event became a real commu- nity effort, with businesses and or- dinary people contributing.
“I have to thank a lot of people — a lot of them approached us with
help. Sla’s Powerhouse donated four crates of minerals, crisps and sweets. East Clare Bouncing Cas- tles and Circus Bouncing Castles gave us two castles free of charge. O’Hallorans Service Station gave us cones and JP O’Connor allowed us to use his land for the party. Ann Cahill helped us out too,” said Ms Mulcahy.
She said she hoped that Tulla might play host to another party next year as part of Down Syndrome Ireland’s continuing fundraising efforts.