Injured man ‘hugely honoured’ as club hosts massive fundraising tractor run

Andrew Brennan, 39, was airlifted to hospital in Dublin after falling from the roof of a building outside Schull in May.

Denis O'Leary, Schull, braving the elements on his 1952 David Brown 25C petrol tractor, followed by Tomas Lannin, Schull, on a 1964 Fordson Super Major, at the Skibbereen RFC tractor, truck and vehicle run in aid of a former player Andrew Brennan. Picture: David Patterson

A man who suffered catastrophic spinal injuries after he fell from a roof on a local farm says he has "a new energy" after more than 250 trucks and tractors took to West Cork roads to raise money for his care.

Andrew Brennan, 39, a carpenter who also worked at the renowned Gubbeen Farm and cheesemakers, was fitting solar panels to the roof of a building outside Schull in May when he fell.