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Joe and Michelle Gallagher remembering baby Patrick Joseph
On Saturday last, Joe and Michelle Gallagher finally revealed the poignant story being the selling of ‘Leitir Lollypops’ in their XL store in the picturesque Lettermacaward Gaeltacht village in the Rosses region of County Donegal.
For many people, the loss of a baby leaves them feeling empty and helpless as they attempt to process their tragedy. When Joe and Michelle lost their precious first born, Patrick Joseph, in May 2015 they desperately wanted to commemorate his life and memory in a very real way.
Through the arrival of second son Nathan, soon to turn four years of age, in June of 2016 they became familiar with the term ‘rainbow baby’, which led them to sourcing the ‘Leitir Lollypop’ and packaging it for sale in their store as a quiet way to pay tribute to Patrick Joseph’s memory.
By selling the lollypop they hoped to raise a modest amount for the charity Sands, the Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Charity and generate some awareness of a charity that had helped them through their darkest days. They couldn’t have imagined just how far the ‘Leitir Lollypop’ and their message would travel.
Since they began selling the rainbow coloured lollypop it has been photographed in more than 100 countries worldwide and a series of celebrities and sportspeople have been photographed with the rainbow lollypop, from Vogue Williams and Spencer Matthews to Tomas O Sé, Daniel O’Donnell to former Ireland rugby coach Joe Schmidt.
Approximately 1,000 lollypops have been sold, raising more than €3,000 to date, with all proceeds donated to Sands https://www.sands.org.uk/.
The idea behind the mural of photographs that will dominate a wall in Gallagher’s XL is to get the rainbow lollypops to reach as far as possible across the world where those little angels up in heaven won’t ever get the chance to go. The response has blown Joe and Michelle away.
Joe and Michelle will continue to source and sell the Leitir Lollypops at their XL store with all profits donated to Sands.
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