Teacher, Eibhlís O'Brien, brought this fundraiser to her school having seen the event raise €30,000 for a hall committee in her home village of Cooraclare. Under the leadership of school principal, Miriam Kennedy, this will be the event of the year in Birdhill, the Tipperary village which won the 2017 National Tidy Towns award.

For everything you need to know about this brilliant community you just need to look at www.letsbuildit.ie - the entire community are working with school principal, Christine O'Shea, to build a fantastic new school. Their thousandaire fundraiser will take place on June 9th

This fundraiser aims to raise over €50,000 for pitch and facilities development at the College and is well on track to achieve this. With over 700 families in the school and only capacity for 350 people at the venue, there is going to be a serious scramble for tickets for this one.