An online appeal to help four young Kerry brothers who lost both their parents to cancer, in a period of just five months, had now surpassed a whopping €350,000 in donations.
The GoFundMe campaign was set up by family and friends to help the Clifford boys from Milltown to purchase the family home their parents had been renting.
Patrick (21), Jack (14), eight-year-old Andrew and Conor (five) were understandably absolutely devastated when both their parents lost their respective battles with illness just months apart.
Mum Elaine (41) was diagnosed with stage four cancer in May 2021 and passed away that August while dad, Padraig, who would have been 47 this week, was admitted to hospital the was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer the following January and died just days later.
The boys, who are being cared for by relatives and friends with great support from the close-knit community, now reside in the rented family home and the fundraiser was set up to enable them to purchase the property and secure their future.
Up to 7 o’clock this Tuesday evening, 821 people had pledged donations and the total generated was €356,479.
One donation, from a subscriber in San Francisco was for a hugely generous €10,000 while there were anonymous donations of €5,000 and €2,000.
Music star Nathan Carter was one of seven people to donate €1,000.
In a message on social media this week, the eldest of the four Clifford boys, Patrick, wrote: “On behalf of myself and the 3 boys, we would like to thank each and every one that has helped us along the journey.
“I would like to thank everyone from our hearts that has helped us and been so kind to us. We will never forget ye”.
- To donate via GoFundMe go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-clifford-boys-purchase-their-home?fbclid=IwAR1Mhz-x4Zjusx60y9or1BpWBFJgyR946IkGoLe-6lRF14CAPBkDWzE9zcM
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