Three Mayo men to play in charity GAA cancer game

Anton McNulty

WHILE the majority of the county will have their thoughts on Croke Park this Saturday three Mayo men will be heading to another northside venue to take part in a GAA charity match.
The second annual Professor Hollywood Memorial Cup takes place this Saturday, August 8 in Parnell Park in Dublin between teams managed by GAA legends, Anthony Daly and Charlie Redmond with money raised for the cancer units in St James’s and St Luke’s hospitals.
Their teams will be made up of players who have all received treatment for cancer and included in the line-up will be three Mayo men, Alan Duggan, Jason Slattery and Peter Scully.
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.
In May 2014 teams managed by Brian Cody and Mick O’Dwyer met in O’Moore Park in Portlaoise and it raised a total of €44,300 for the cancer units.
Former Clare All-Ireland hurling winning captain, Anthony Daly will be managing the St James’s team and former Dublin footballer Charlie Redmond will manage the St Luke’s team. There will be players from all over the county and a number of well-known faces such as Tipperary hurler Noel McGrath and former Cork star Joe Deane.
The match trophy is being dedicated to the late Professor Donal Hollywood, one of the country’s leading oncologists who lost his own battle with cancer at the age of 53.
The match will take place at 5pm in Parnell Park and tickets are €7 and they can be bought on www.eventbrite.ie/e/professor-hollywood-memorial-cup-2015-tickets or people can donate €4 by texting MATCH to 50300.