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Hero’s welcome planned for Special Olympic gold and silver medalist
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Kerry’s Gary O’Sullivan (30) will return to not one but two homecomings in both Killarney and Castleisland, after winning two medals at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi this week.
O’Sullivan, who is a member of Kerry Stars Special Olympics Club,took gold in the shot put competition on St Patrick’s Day and backed this up on Monday with silver in the 400m racewalk. And his proud mother Mag and grandmother Mary were in Abu Dhabi to support him over the last week.
Tonight (Friday), Gary will receive a garda escort from Killarney train station to the Dromhall Hotel where he will be met by family and friends at 10.15pm to celebrate his success. Mike Milner will play the bagpipes and MC for the evening will be Killarney man and Radio Kerry presenter Brendan Fuller.
Then tomorrow night (Saturday), a homecoming will be held in his native Castleisland from the Lidl car park through the town.
The squad will arrive into Dublin at 2.30pm today with an incredible medal haul of 86 medals. Having secured 30 gold, 29 silver and 27 bronze medals across a variety of sports, Team Ireland athletes have had huge success in what has been a remarkable week of sport.
“We wanted to do something to welcome Gary home,” Tom Tobin, Vice Chair of the Kerry Stars Special Olympics Club, told the Killarney Advertiser.
“It’s very important to give him a welcome home. The club are very proud of his achievements.”
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