Member's statement: Boxing: Donagh Keary
Member's statement by Mrs Cathy Mason on .
- MLA
- Mrs Cathy Mason
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 1 April 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Boxing: Donagh Keary
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4876521
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I rise to congratulate Castlewellan's very own Donagh Keary, who put south Down on the international platform by claiming victory on his boxing debut at Madison Square Garden on St Patrick's Day. Boxing legends like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Sugar Ray Robinson displayed their greatest on the grandest stages. It is only right that local legend, Donagh, follows in the footsteps of those boxing giants. After four hard-fought rounds, the judges ruled that Keary had outboxed his opponent, securing a really impressive win. Donagh began his boxing career at just six years of age, having fallen in love with the sport at his first training session. Donagh went on to win his first Irish title at the age of just 14. He has set goals for himself every step of the way — goals that he continues to smash. He has setbacks, but he comes back from them bigger and better.
Donagh serves as an inspiration to aspiring young sportspeople not just in South Down but across Ireland. His hard work, graft and determination to hone his craft and elevate his skills to an international level is a testament to his family, his friends and the local organisations that helped build the foundations for him to thrive. I congratulate Donagh and wish him every success on his professional journey. I look forward to congratulating him on many more successes in the future. Comhghairdeas.
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