Olympic fever has well and truly gripped the community of Castlerea as the town prepares to cheer on local Olympian Aoife O’Rourke in this year’s Paris Olympics which get underway this Friday.
Aoife, a native of Tarmon in Castlerea, is the current European boxing champion and is set to make her second Olympic appearance, having first qualified for the Tokyo Olympics back in 2021.
The preliminary round of the women’s 75kg competition takes place next Wednesday, July 31st and Aoife will find out who her opponent will be when the draw for the first round takes place this afternoon (Thursday).
The town of Castlerea is making a huge effort to show their support for the local fighter by decorating the town in Irish flags and Olympic bunting ahead of the games thanks to a GoFundMe fundraising campaign organised by Susan Gaynor.
The campaign, which has almost reached €4,000 to date, is aimed at raising funds to cover the costs of decorations, including bunting, banners, posters and other signage to put up through the streets of Castlerea.
