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• Galway sports stars Ollie Canning, Sean O Domhnaill and Ja Fallon are taking part in the 148km first stage of the ‘Race The Rás’ charity cycle in aid of GOAL and The Irish Cancer Society from Dunboyne to Portumna on Sunday. The three will begin each of the stages three hours before the professional riders begin their leg of the tour, which finishes in Skerries on Sunday week. In total, almost 100 members of the public will join more than 50 current and former GAA personalities to cycle at least one stage of the tour. They are hoping to raise in excess of €100,000 for the two organisations. Other GAA stars who have confirmed their participation include Sean Og Ó hÁilpín and Brian Corcoran, ex-Kilkenny star DJ Carey, Clare’s Tony Griffin and ex-Irish rugby international, Mick Galwey.

Ex-Mayo football star Maurice Sheridan and former manager John Maughan are making a final appeal to amateur cyclists from all over Mayo to join them for a stage of the Race for Rás charity cycle next month.

Former Kilkenny stars Charlie Carter, Brian McEvoy and DJ Carey are making a final appeal to amateur cyclists from all over Kilkenny and surrounding areas to join them for a stage of the Race for Rás charity cycle next month.

Amateur cyclists from all over County Kilkenny and beyond are this week scrambling to sign up and join some of the county’s top GAA stars to ‘Race The Rás’ and help raise money for GOAL and the Irish Cancer Society.

Galway hurlers and GAA enthusiasts are once again backing GOAL’s efforts to raise funds for AIDS-ravaged Uganda.

2009 represents the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the Franciscan Order. In Multyfarnham, Co Westmeath, the Irish Franciscans have had a presence at the Franciscan Abbey since the 13th century.