Special donation to Irish Cancer Society Charity Shops

The family of Brendan Creegan from Ranelagh Dublin 6, who died from cancer in 2013, have donated his massive collection of rugby and football jerseys to the Irish Cancer Society charity shops.

Over 50 jerseys were donated to the Society and are on display in two shop windows - 25 jerseys are in the Tallaght shop in Dublin and 25 in the Castle St. shop in Cork. The jerseys will be sold on Saturday 5th September, just over two years since Brendan's death.

Brendan’s sister Olivia Creegan had this to say “Brendan was young, vibrant, fun loving and truly, a larger than life character, and he had a real passion for all things sport especially football or ‘the beautiful game’ as it is otherwise known these days. He travelled to many football matches at home and abroad as he once said ‘I am not just an Arsenal supporter but I am a football supporter’. He was also a collector of football jerseys so he purchased many on his travels.”

Olivia continued “Sadly Brendan became unwell in 2012 with cancer and shortly afterwards he was diagnosed as being terminally ill with only months to live. However, he still insisted on travelling to these matches, which was truly a testament to his passion for both the game and his life. He lost his battle with cancer in September 2013. He had all jerseys many brand new in their original packaging with labels attached that Brendan sadly would never get to wear. Brendan was a very charitable person during his short lifetime supporting many charities so on his behalf, we as family donated these football jerseys to the Irish Cancer Society to help raise much-needed funds for others battling the disease and their families. We felt that it only fitting to take what was Brendan’s passion in life and do something positive with it to help others.

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