Tipperary school raises €8,000 covering distance to the Aviva Stadium around the playground
The 75-pupil school have started the challenge called Road to the Aviva
Cloughjordan National School has raised over €8,000 of their €20,000 goal in a fundraiser that involves covering the 142km distance to the Aviva Stadium around the playground.
It's after their girl's football team has been selected to represent Munster in the All Ireland final.
The school posted the following message on their GoFundMe page:
"Hi, we are Cloughjordan No.1 N.S. We are a small primary school in North Tipperary with around 75 pupils in our school.
"We love all things sport and are very successful in lots of different types of sport, whether it be basketball, hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, tennis swimming, gymnastics or soccer.
"Recently our girls team have won the Munster Final in the FAI 5-a-side soccer tournament. It was the third year in a row to reach the final and this year we finally got across the line.
"The girls soccer team will now represent Munster in the All Ireland Finals in the Aviva Stadium on June the 11th 2025. This is an extremely exciting time for our school and amazing opportunity for these girls.
"They have inspired so many of the younger children in our school. We couldn't be more proud of them."