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By Sean Moriarty

A pair of football boots worn by local legend Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper in an All-Ireland football final raised €11,000 in an online charity auction for a very ill young boy.

Baby Dan Donoher from County Laois, was only eight-months-old when he was diagnosed with a rare genetic neuromuscular disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. A ground-breaking treatment is available in the USA but costs $2.1 million for a once-off infusion.

Dan's parents Niall and Aisling Donoher, who are both former inter-county footballers with Laois, set up the ‘Do it for Dan’ GoFundMe campaign and called on other national GAA stars to support the campaign.

Locally both Gooch and Kieran Donaghy supported the cause with the former Dr Crokes star offering the boots he wore during the 2006 All-Ireland final victory over Mayo for auction.

A mystery bidder in New York gave €11,000 for the boots and a signed Donaghy jersey.

"Delighted to say the items have been purchased for," Cooper tweeted. "The boots are off to New York. Also want to a say a huge thank you to some bidders who donated privately. Amazing generosity.”

Dan’s journey continues and you can still donate by going to GoFundMe: Do It For Dan.