Three solicitors from the South of Ireland are set to compete against three colleagues from the North in the IronLaw Charity Challenge, which will take place on Friday 17 May.

Starting at Lough Melvin, Co Leitrim, the finish line will be at the Law Society’s headquarters at Blackhall Place, Dublin.

Baton

Ivan Feran (South) and Peter Jack (North) will swim 3.86km before handing the baton to Stuart Gilhooly (South) and Darren Toombs (North) for a 180km cycle.

Darren is next year's vice president at the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

The race will finish with a marathon run (42.2 km) from Maynooth to Blackhall Place, with Brian McMullin (South) pitted against Adam Wood (North).

The participants will traverse three provinces, six counties, and at least six border crossings in pursuit of victory.

Donate-de-dough

Both teams are seeking donations – all proceeds will go directly to the Solicitors’ Benevolent Association. Please give as generously as you can! Cheques, made payable to: Solicitors’ Benevolent Association, should be sent to:

Ivan Feran, Feran & Company, Constitution Hill, Lagavooren, Drogheda, Co Louth,

Stuart Gilhooly, HJ Ward & Co, 5 Greenmount House, Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin 6W, and

Brian McMullin, Brian J McMullin Solicitors, Tirconnell Street, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal. F94 A5YX (DX 64002).

Alternatively, you can make a donation at the JustGiving page of the
Solicitors Benevolent Association (Ireland).

Messages of support can be sent to Stuart at stuart.gilhooly@hjward.ie, Brian at bmcmullin@brianjmcmullin.com, and Ivan at ivanferan@feran.ie.

The IronLaw Challenge is kindly supported by Expd8/Thread Legal, O’Leary Insurance Group, and Willis Towers Watson.