Limerick man’s family scoop €330k home for just €50!
Richard Kiely from Limerick city and Jacqueline O’Gorman from Cratloe, Co Clare have been living in Galway for the last 20 years and currently live in Oranmore where the draw was held
A LIMERICK man and his young family are celebrating a remarkable stroke of luck after his wife won a Galway city home worth €330,000 for just €50.
Richard Kiely from North Circular Road, Limerick city and his wife Jacqueline O’Gorman from Cratloe, Co Clare have been living in Galway for the last 20 years and currently live in Oranmore where the draw was held.
Jacqueline O’Gorman’s name was picked out as winner of the Win A Home in Galway City competition in Keane’s Bar and Restaurant in Oranmore.
The couple’s two boys Sam, 8 and George, 5 are hurling mad and even play for Oranmore Maree - whom the draw benefited raising over €1.5 million for the club.
Richard works as a Principal R&D Engineer at Boston Scientific and is a former student of Ardscoil Rís. Jacqueline works in Medtronic and is also a University of Galway Alumni.
Jacqueline said the last time she won anything was in an Easter raffle in primary school.
She commented: “I still can’t comprehend it. I never thought I was going to win it when we bought tickets through the club. You just dream about things like this.
“I’ve been living in Galway for over 20 years and we love Oranmore. My two boys now have somewhere to stay if they go to college in years to come.
Sean Greene, Chairperson of the Oranmore Maree GAA One Club added to the congratulations saying: “A very special moment yesterday as we handed over the keys to the home in Woodquay, Galway city, to winner Jacqueline O’Gorman and her beautiful family. You can read more about their big win and watch the draw back on our website. Thank you to everyone for all of your incredible support.”
He continued: “I just want to thank everybody who supported us and bought tickets since we launched our campaign in early May.”
“The response locally, nationally and around the world has just been fantastic. By the end of this year, we will have invested over €6m in the development of our state-of-the-art facilities in Renville Gaelic Grounds and this brilliant fundraiser will be a vitally important contribution to the success of the project.”