Pat McMahon has been busy pounding the roads around his native Meelin ahead of taking on next Sunday’s Dublin Marathon barefoot in aid of Mothers First, the charity he founded which provides life-saving food and medicines to mothers living in a poverty stricken region of northern India.
Cork's Pat McMahon set to take on the gruelling challenge of the Dublin Marathon
By Independent
THE Meelin man who has devoted his life to transforming the lives of countless mothers and children in one of India most poverty-stricken regions is preparing to take on his most ‘marathon’ challenge to date.
Pat McMahon will be known to many through the various barefoot walks he has undertaken, including a trek up Ireland’s highest mountain Carrauntuohill, to highlight the issue of global hunger.
This coming Sunday Pat will attempt to run the Dublin City Marathon barefoot (#barefootformothers) in order to raise vital funds for Mothers First, the charity he founded in 2004 in the northern Indian city of Varanasi that delivers life-saving food and medication to malnourished pregnant mothers from the area.
Speaking to The Corkman, Pat said one of his primary objectives in doing the marathon barefoot was to “demonstrate the power of collective action” in a very practical way.
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Cork's Pat McMahon set to take on the gruelling challenge of the Dublin Marathon - barefoot
Independent.ie
This coming Sunday Pat will attempt to run the Dublin City Marathon barefoot (#barefootformothers) in order to raise vital funds for Mothers First ...
