Remembering how the ice bucket challenge in 2014 really made a splash

Co-founder Pat Quinn, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease aged 30, has passed away. Part of his incredible legacy is the unforgettable Ice bucket challenge, which raised €1.7m in Ireland alone.

2014 Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh doing the ice bucket challenge in the Tralee Town Park fountain. Picture: Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus LTD

The co-founder of the viral “ice bucket challenge”, which has raised more than €168 million worldwide for research into motor neurone disease, has died at the age of 37.

Pat Quinn was diagnosed with motor neurone disease – known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the US – in 2013, a month after his 30th birthday.