Professor Hollywood Memorial Cup - Dublin GAA for Cancer Care

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On the 8^th of August two GAA legends will take to the pitch in Parnell Park to battle it out in the name of charity at the Professor Hollywood Memorial Cup. At this annual event Anthony Daly will manage the St. James’s team and Charlie Redmond will manage the St. Luke’s team. The teams will be made up of players who have all received treatment for cancer and who want to show others that there is Life After Cancer.

The Professor Hollywood Memorial Cup was set up in 2014 to help raise awareness that there can be Life After Cancer and that people can recover from this disease.  It also raises funds for the cancer units in St. James’s and St. Luke’s hospitals. This is the second year that the two teams have battled it out for the Professor Hollywood Memorial Cup. In May 2014 Brian Cody and Mick O’Dwyer managed the teams in O’Moore Park and it raised a total of €44,300 for the cancer units.

There will be players from all over the country taking part and a number of well-known faces will line out in Parnell Park on the 8^th of August;Alan Nestor (Meath), Noel McGrath (Tipperary), Joe Deane (Cork), John McGrath (Wicklow), Daragh McEvoy (Laois), Derek Shevlin (Louth) and many others with nearly all of the 32 counties being represented and all players having received treatment for cancer.

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh will be returning once again this year to commentate on the game. Mícheál has stated that “Every player on the field, they are already winners, they have many honours as sportsmen but their greatest honour is that they have battled courageously against the disease of cancer.”  He will be joined on the day by Michael Duignan who will take care of sideline interviews and the refree will be Brian Gavin.

John McGrath (Wicklow and St. James’s) said of the event “It is such an honour to play with these guys. There is a shared understanding between the players about what we have been through and what it takes to be on that pitch playing that match. I was diagnosed in February 2011 with Leukaemia and I am back to full health again. Staying positive is so important and that is why I wanted to take part in this event to help spread the positive message that you can get your fitness and life back after cancer. “

About Professor Hollywood:

The match trophy will be dedicated to Professor Donal Hollywood. Professor Hollywood was one of the country's leading oncologists and he lost his own short battle with cancer at the age of 53. His clinical practice was in St Luke's and St James's hospitals in Dublin. Professor Hollywood worked tirelessly throughout his career to save so many lives and his death has impacted on so many people.

The match will take place at 5pm in Parnell Park on the 8^th of August. Tickets are €7 and they can be bought here https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/professor-hollywood-memorial-cup-2015-tickets-17642428980 or at the gate on the day.

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