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Here is Barretstown Mum Karen’s story We recently did a cake sale in memory of Jack Linnane, our little boy who passed away 6 years ago. Olivia his sister misses him so much so that we decided to have a happy event in his memory to include all her school friends and at the same … Continued

  Here is the story of an amazing Barretstown Mum and her friends taking on the Barretstown St. Kevin’s Way 25km Challenge to help impact the lives of serious ill children.   Ethan was born a healthy and happy baby boy who loved his two older brothers and big sister. He had such an adorable … Continued

  Sue is such and inspiration. If you have two minutes please read her story:   In November 2017 our little girl Sadbh was very sadly stillborn following a diagnosis of non immune hydrops at her 20 week scan. Despite the odds she survived until full term but sadly passed away during delivery. Following this … Continued

‘A massive thank you to Eoin Feeley, Gavin Brown, Tom Darcy, Senan Edwards & Bryan Kane who took part in the ‘Four Peaks Challenge’ on June 21st and to all who supported them with their fundraising events which raised a whopping 15k in aid of Barretstown’ on behalf of all of us here at camp … Continued

    On Saturday 7th September 2019, staff from Leman Solicitors climbed eight mountains in Wicklow to raise money for Barretstown Children’s Charity, who are celebrating 25 years in existence this year. Leman’s annual company challenge called Leman LeMountain, saw teams of Leman employees enthusiastically fundraise over €20k through donations to the firm. Barreststown are … Continued

Christmas FM wants to “press play” on over 850 days of life changing programmes at Barretstown, rebuilding the lives of seriously ill children.   Christmas FM is delighted to announce Barretstown, the organisation that serves children and families affected by serious illnesses, as the official charity partner for the Christmas radio station for 2019.   … Continued

On Sunday 9th June 2019 there was 16 teams representing 4 counties including, Carlow, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow attended Tinahely Gaa pitch in Wicklow to remember a great person and take part in The Ellen Kinch Memorial Cup! It consisted of each team playing a mininum of three 7 aside games! There was great skill … Continued

Barretstown Castle, Kildare, June 25   On Tuesday 25th June Maynooth student representatives visited the Barretstown campus in Kildare to present them with a cheque that will help children living with serious illness to have some serious fun.   Every year Maynooth Students’ Union and Maynooth University Clubs & Societies choose a charity and fundraise … Continued

We are absolutely thrilled to win Charity of the Year 2019 at the recent Charities Institute Ireland’s Excellence Awards #CiiAwards2019. Nominees were judged on transparency, purpose, strategy, evaluation and impact.  What a win and what a year to win it, as we celebrate our 25th anniversary. A huge thank you to all of our team … Continued

  Paul put meaning in his miles and took on the Dublin Marathon for Barretstown. Here is his story on why he decided to take up the challenge. Everyone here at Barretstown is thrilled that he took it on and in turn helped to impact the lives of children living with serious illness. Below is … Continued

One of our long term corporate supporters Amundi took on a charity cycle for Barretstown. Here is the story of their determination and how they took up this gruelling challenge to make a difference for seriously ill children. From everyone at Barretstown we just want to say Thank YOU!   On Thursday 13th June, 10 … Continued

We have some incredible supporters at Barretstown and Fleming Medical are just that.   Since 2010, Fleming Medical has been donating medical supplies to Barretstown’s onsite Med Shed.  The “Med Shed” is the camps Medical Centre, it is designed to be a sheltering, friendly environment to provide care for minor injuries, general paediatric problems, and … Continued

Claudine and Naas Community Collage hosted their first colour run and here is just a few words about the event. Thank you to everyone involved we were blown away by the support by the whole team so thank you!     Naas Community College hosted their 1st Colour Run on 19th May in Mondello Park.  … Continued

A massive Thank You to all our participants of the Dublin Mountains Challenge. Feet were sore but the spirits were high after 572 people took to the mountains for the Dublin Mountains Challenge on Sunday! Taking on both the 24km and 42km distances everyone had a great day and we want to thank all those … Continued

Gemma held an amazing fundraiser for Barretstown and helped bring laughter not only to the people who attended her massively successful comedy night but also helping to bring laughter into the lives of seriously ill children. Here is what Gemma had to say about her fundraiser for Barretstown: They say “laughter is the best medicine” … Continued

This weekend at Barretstown we had the lovely Kiernan Family. They had attended a camp at Barretstown last year where they had a wonderful time. After that experience Sarah and Hazel wanted to run a fundraiser for Barretstown. The girls asked their principle if they could run a pyjama day at their school. The school … Continued

101 staff from Essentra Packaging took part in the 24k route of the Dublin Mountains Challenge for the first time last year and this is what they had to say:   “After 54 staff volunteered to help on-site at Barretstown left them with a sense of being somewhere very special, almost magical – it was … Continued

What’s Happening? We are very excited to announce the launch of the Barretstown Press Play pop up shop in Kildare Village this Saturday 2nd Feb, running Wednesday to Sunday every week until Sunday 23rd Feb. Join us in our pop-up shop to experience some of the Serious Fun of Barretstown. Enjoy some free family fun … Continued