Over €50m raised: Inside Ireland's GoFundMe campaigns and how the money is spent

An eye-watering near €50m was raised for various causes across the country last year, with more than 15,000 fundraisers launched over the 12-month period

Crowley's Music Store, whose owner Sheena Crowley set up a fundraiser to keep Rory Gallagher's iconic fender Stratocaster guitar in Ireland: (top left) Mick and Sheena Crowley; right, unloading equipment into the music shop.

Ireland has garnered a reputation as being one of the world's most generous nations when it comes to donating to worthy causes — be it helping terminally ill people fulfil their bucket list dreams, or paying to repatriate the body of a family's loved one from abroad.

For six straight years, this country has topped the donor league compiled by the online fundraising platform GoFundMe.