{"id":429630,"date":"2026-05-03T02:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T02:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/429630\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T02:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T02:40:12","slug":"naomh-conaill-cyclists-raise-over-e84000-from-75km-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/429630\/","title":{"rendered":"Naomh Conaill cyclists raise over \u20ac84,000 from 75km challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 70 volunteers have raised over \u20ac84,000 for Naomh Conaill GAA following a 75 kilometre cycling challenge!<\/p>\n<p>They departed from the Davy Brennan Memorial Park in Glenties this morning, for a route which would circumnavigate the area around the town.<\/p>\n<p>With over 1,000 meters of climbs in total along the route, it wasn&#8217;t just any old cycle either despite the mixed experience levels of those taking part.<\/p>\n<p>The route saw them go down Glenties Main Street and up the Glen Road, travelling via Edeninfagh as far as the Reelin Bridge before turning towards Cloghan and Fintown.<\/p>\n<p>At Fintown, the cyclists then went to Doochary and Lettermacaward, before crossing the Gweebarra Bridge and returning to the Iniskeel Parish and coming home once again.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of publishing, they have raised an astonishing \u20ac84,463 to go towards the ongoing development of the club&#8217;s facilities, including a ball wall and an all-weather playing surface.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An incredible bunch of cyclists who took on the challenge this morning! Each and every one of you should be so proud of what you\u2019ve achieved,&#8221; the club said after the cyclists completed their journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The effort, determination and spirit on show was something else, and a real credit to our club and community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-sans font-semibold text-xl md:text-[30px] leading-9 text-primary w-full\">\n        You may also be interested in\n    <\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/news\/community-supports-castletown-ns-5k-fundraiser-632355\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Community supports Castletown NS 5k fundraiser\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/community-supports-castletown-ns-5k-fundraiser.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Community supports Castletown NS 5k fundraiser\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/lead-stories\/controlled-explosion-on-suspicious-device-letterkenny-632419\" class=\"block w-2\/5 shrink-0\" aria-label=\"Controlled explosion following suspicious discovery in Letterkenny\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/controlled-explosion-following-suspicious-discovery-in-letterkenny.jpg\" class=\"max-w-full w-full h-full object-contain relative z-10\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\"  alt=\"Controlled explosion following suspicious discovery in Letterkenny\" \/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you haven\u2019t already, there\u2019s still time to support! Keep the donations coming and help us push the total even higher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wishing to contribute can do so here: <a href=\"https:\/\/thebignaomhconaillcycle.ie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thebignaomhconaillcycle.ie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of 70 volunteers have raised over \u20ac84,000 for Naomh Conaill GAA following a 75 kilometre cycling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-429630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}