Thursday, 18th
May 2017
info@eastcorkjournal.ie Ballintotis Fit4Life’s John O’Donoghue Celebrates 60th
by ALAN SHEEHAN & CLAUDIA SHANAHAN O’KEEFFE
John O’Donoghue,
Development Officer for Ballintotis Fit4Life, cele- brated his 60th
birthday in
Cork City last Friday, 12 May Mr O’Donoghue, who
turned 60 on Thursday, the day before his party at the Commons Inn, has been a member of Ball- intotis Fit4Life for nearly a decade. “His birthday was on
Thursday but we booked the party for Friday,” said Vicki Murphy, Mr O’Donoghue’s daugh- ter. “It was a good night.
He was delighted with the party He was really thrilled. There was a great turnout and the band were fantastic. The Commons Inn really did it all and looked after us really well. There was a great turnout from East Cork too. He was delighted with it as he didn’t know we had invit- ed them. He was chuffed,
really blown away.” Mrs Murphy, original-
ly from the Northside of Cork like her father, moved to Castlemartyr around 15 years ago, joining Ball- intotis Fit4Life shortly af- ter with Mr O’Donoghue later joining too. “He’s been running
since he was 52,” said Mrs Murphy. “He was a plas-
terer but retired early due to the recession. He was never into exercising until after he retired and joined the club. It gave him a purpose, something to do. Since then he’s run mara- thons and half-marathons and now he is kind of the mentor for the Couch-to- 5k groups.” Ballintotis
Fit4Life is
just one club that runs a Couch to 5k programme, in which people new to running or walking for sport are trained by Mr O’Donoghue and col- leagues over a period of months with the aim of completing a 5k or race of similar length such as the Ballintotis 4 Mile Road Race held every spring.
37 Birthday “It is a big commitment
for him,” said Mrs Mur- phy, “and even though he’s not from the area, he loves the club. He loves coming down from Kocknaheeny every Tuesday and Thurs- day for the 5k group or to go running with the lads if the 5k is done. He loves the club and he’s really dedicated to it.”
• John O’Donoghue with his Family at his Birthday.
• John O’Donoghue and his Cousins.
• Murty O’Sullivan, Gillian O’Brien, John O’Donoghue and Kathy Bradford.
• John O’Donoghue with his Ballintotis Fit 4 Life Family.
• John O’Donoghue and his Cousins.
• John O’Donoghue and his Cousins.
• Nora Forrest, John O’Donoghoe and Noreen Underwood. @eastcorkjournal / #eastcorkjournal
• Rachel Allen, John O’Donoghue and Miriam Buckley. eastcorkjournal
• Kathleen Rice, John O’Donoghue, Maureen McSweeney and Martina Dann.
Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email:
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