'Jimmy will be able to come home!': Appeal for Cork singer raises enough for his return to Cobh

After just 24 hours, the appeal on behalf of Jimmy Crowley has raised enough to ensure the Cork legend will be able to leave hospital and receive care at home 

A file image of Jimmy Crowley from 2025: “I've been in the Stroke Ward in Cork University Hospital for nearly five months now." File picture: Chani Anderson

A fundraiser calling for support for Cork folk musician and song collector Jimmy Crowley after he opened up about his cancer diagnosis and a stroke that followed has raised more than €66,000 in less than 24 hours.

On Thursday afternoon, Crowley, who started collecting music at the age of 16, shared that he was diagnosed with stage three oesophageal cancer in September last year.