Cúl Eile: Children with special needs enjoy summer camp with a difference in east Cork

120 volunteers helped 60 children enjoyed three days of outdoor fun and games at Castlelyons GAA Club organised by The Friends of Dean and Padraig

Donnacha McEvoy and Russell Kenneally with retained firefighter Patrick Walsh as they try out the firefighting equipment at the Cúl Eile summer camp at Castlelyons GAA Club organised by The Friends of Dean & Padraig.  Pictures: Larry Cummins

The memory of two young men has spurred on a local community to develop a summer camp with a difference for children with special needs in east Cork.

In recent days, 60 children from Youghal to Mallow gathered in Castlelyons to take part in the Cúl Eile camp set up four years ago by a group called the Friends of Dean and Padraig. The three-day camp included a visit by emergency services including the army, gardaí, and the Blackwater Sub Aqua Club.