Cash for calves: Longford GAA club’s clever and innovative fundraising scheme

The ingenuity of GAA clubs knows no bounds when it comes to fundraising and Carrickedmond, a rural club in Longford, is continuing that tradition of innovation with an idea that merges farming with football.

Their idea is simple: Farmers buy calves, farmers raise calves, farmers sell calves after two years — with the money going to the GAA club who compete in the Longford senior football championship.

Cub secretary Mairéad McDonnell explained: “We are a small rural club and like every other club in Ireland, we are always looking at different ways to raise funds. Some of the lads on the executive are farmers and the idea came from our chairman Barry O’Farrell and one of our treasurers, Kevin Farrell.