ICA news: ICA knitted chickens deliver big hit for charity fundraiser

The knitted chickens that raise thousands each year for cancer research are the result of the concerted efforts of many – but it all started 13 years ago when a Fermoy ICA cancer survivor wanted to give something back.

Fermoy Guild secretary Noreen Condon recalls Abby Feerick saying after her recovery that she’d like to do something for cancer research. Noreen had a word with her friend, Eileen O’Callaghan, who gave her a pattern for knitted chickens.

“We’re at it since,” says Noreen, who joined the guild on the night it was founded in March 1963.