Ascending Galtymore in July, the final peak of a mammoth cross county challenge, emotion came to the forefront of Cork hospital consultant, Richard Horgan’s thoughts, as he remembered his sister-in-law Orla Gosnell, who died five years ago, aged 38.
The hospital consultant successfully scaled the highest mountain in every county – in a single week. Super-fit Richard Horgan took the final steps of a gruelling and emotional challenge on Saturday, July 22nd, undertaken in memory of his sister-in-law Orla Gosnell, who tragically died just five months after delivering her fifth child at the Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) in 2018.
The Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) medic, aged in his 40s, was joined by Orla’s husband Robert, her mum Myriam and dad Kees, on his final descent of the 918m Galtymore, on the Limerick/Tipperary border.
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