Offaly school teacher to climb Ireland's four highest peaks for charity

Bobby O'Connor – who is a teacher at St Colman's NS in Mucklagh outside Tullamore – will climb the peaks in order to raise much needed funds for the Niall Mellon Educate charity.

Down the years the Niall Mellon charity has built over 175,000 homes for the poorest people living in the townships of South Africa.

Now Mellon Educate builds schools in these same townships to further enhance the lives of those living there.

This November over 400 volunteers will go to Capetown to build schools for the children of these townships.

“The money you donate will go towards the construction materials needed to build these schools and will make a real difference,” outlined Bobby.

He added: “To further promote the fundraiser I am going to climb the highest peak in each of the four provinces this summer over the course of one week.”

The peaks are: Slieve Donard (Ulster), Lugnaquilla (Leinster), Carrauntoohil (Munster) and Mweelrea (Connacht).

“A huge thank you in advance to anyone who donates. Also if anyone is mad enough to join me for one of the four peaks, I can promise you a Mellon Educate volunteer t-shirt, a great day out and a pint at the end of the climb,” promised Bobby.

A GoFundMe page has been set up so you donate to Bobby's worthy fundraiser.