Cork woman takes break from swingball to visit park after five weeks of cocooning

Hannah Kirby keeping fit with her swingball set while cocooning. Pic: Larry Cummins

The “thwock” of a tennis ball smashing against a racket has become a familiar sound in Beechwood Park in Ballinlough, Cork city as Hannah Kirby makes the most of swingball to maintain her daily exercise regime.

For a particularly active 70-something year-old, cocooning has been a real challenge, so she is “over the moon” that as of this week, she can now travel beyond her own home, on foot or by car, while observing social distancing.