Killucan's tractor girls 2010

Published: Wed 30 Jun 2010, 5:00 PM

Getting stuck behind a tractor just got less tedious this week, with ten glamourous girls travelling the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland to raise money for charity.Joining the "Tractor Girls 2010" are local lassies Carol, Helen, Claire and Louise Moore - all sisters - from Killucan. They are part of a ten-strong team that will travel on vintage tractors from John O'Groats to Land's End and then transport the vehicles to Galway to finish the run by crossing Ireland, through Mullingar into Cooley and then down in time to join the Fingal Vintage Rally. The route is 1,000 miles and the run will take two and a half weeks to complete. All money raised in Ireland will go directly to the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Research Foundation (IMNDR) based at Beaumont Hospital.Carol Moore explains that the girls chose IMNDRF as their chosen charity as a testament to a close family friend, John Hanlon, who suffered from the disease:"All the money we raise in Ireland will stay in Ireland will go to the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Research Foundation based in Dublin Ireland."We lost a family friend, John Hanlon, to this awful disease. John loved vintage tractors and he was the man who organised the world record breaking bid at Cooley for the most vintage tractors working alongside each other."The Irish Motor Neurone Disease Research Foundation is a new charity set up in 2007 for the sole purpose of supporting and promoting research into Motor Neurone Disease. The girls left for St John O'Groats on Sunday and will be arriving in Mullingar on Thursday 22nd of July. The group will be leaving Mullingar to travel to Cooley the next day.Any lady tractor drivers with vintage engines are welcome to join the event at Cooley and travel the final leg to the Fingal Vintage Show on Sunday 25th July."If you decide that you can help or assist us in any way for this even please contact Carol with enquiries 085 123 9759 - Email tractorgirls2010@gmail.com or follow on Facebook at TractorGirls 2010 - Doing it for Ireland," said Carol.