Kerry storyteller raises €9k in a few days after being refused loan to buy mobile home

Seanachie 'amazed and humbled' after success of GoFundMe page

Sean O'Laoghaire, from Portmagee in Co Kerry, raised more than €9,000. Picture: Alan Landers

A storyteller was forced to set up a GoFundMe page after he says a bank turned him down for a loan to buy a mobile home.

Within just a few days, Seanachie Sean O’Laoghaire had raised more than double the €4,200 he was looking for.