Killarney House-based Autumn Talks continues apace in its final two weeks
IN June 2017 Danny Tim O’Sullivan’s life was changed dramatically when he suffered a brain aneurysm which left him with memory loss, and difficulty speaking and walking.
The well-known Kerry man had been out cycling when the incident occurred. It was a long and tough road to recovery for Danny Tim, and the Glenbeigh native has now donated substantial funds to the UK National Brain Appeal organisation to help others who suffered like he did.
The O’Sullivan family have donated £76,000 to the organisation’s new aphasia service to help rehabilitate people with speech difficulties following stroke and brain injuries. Danny Tim’s son, Timothy; and Timothy’s fiancée Kacey O’Driscoll cycled 969 miles from Lands End to John o’Groats to raise the money for the charity.
Following his brain aneurysm in June 2017, Danny Tim spend five months in the hospital the charity raises vital funds for, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London. It is the UK’s leading centre of excellence for treating diseases of the brain.
Danny’s full recovery is testament to the fast and expert care that he received.
“I cannot thank Miss Mary Murphy, all the staff at The National Hospital and my GP, Dr Alix Daniel, enough. They not only saved my life, but they have helped me back to how I was before I had the stroke,” he said. “I had fantastic care at The National Hospital, and I am delighted that we, as a family, are able to support it.”
Danny’s son, Timothy O’Sullivan, managing director of the Danny Sullivan Group, said the family are grateful for all the help they received. THE ever-popular Autumn Talks series at Killarney House has maintained its success so far during its 2018 run, and that looks set to continue this coming Thursday night, November 1, with a talk by Niall Parsons on ‘Restoration Works of Killarney House’.
Mr Parsons, a senior architect in the Office of Public Works, was project architect on the house’s restoration. He joined the OPW almost 40 years ago, and Killarney House was just one of a great number of projects he has worked on. Among these were works at Áras an Uachtarán, Dublin Castle, and the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
He has also been a part of award-winning projects such as The Irish Architectural Archive and the Hunt Museum in Limerick.
“Within the OPW, we deal with a wide range of types, of building and I have worked on the provision of state accommodation for a wide range of people from Prisoners to Presidents,” Mr Parsons said.
The event takes place in the Garden Room at Killarney House from 8pm, and admission is free.
It’ll be the same time and venue the following week for the final talk of the series, “Where are all the Insects Gone?”, presented by Dr Juanita Browne.
A coordinator of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, this will be among the topics Ms Browne brings up on the evening.