Charity walk by Mrs Brown’s Boys’ star hits Co Kildare

Mrs Brown’s Boys’ actor Fiona O’Carroll will be passing through Co Kildare today as part of her 13-day charity walk from Cork to Belfast.

Fiona, who plays Maria Brown in the show, is walking approximately 20 miles a day and will be joined by some of the cast of Mrs Browns and some of her celebrity friends.

Today, Fiona will be passing through Portlaoise, Ballybritas and Monasterevin.

Tomorow Fiona will be in Kildare Town between 6pm and 6.30pm before continuing through Newbridge, Naas and Kill.

Fiona is walking for the registered Irish charity “Billy's World” www.billysworldireland.com. – Billy's World is a charity set up to raise money to build an interactive recreation holidays facility for families with children with special needs.

The emphasis will be on the whole family building dreams and memories.  They have planning permission beside The Heritage Resort in Co Laois and are now raising funds to build the facility.

Monies will be raised with Fiona’s walk through donations, bucket collecting and sponsored walkers. Fiona will also donate €1 for every beep she gets along the way.

People can donate to Fiona’s Walks by going to Fiona O’Carroll’s Everydayhero.ie Page. They can also donate, register to join Fiona on the walk or volunteer to bucket collect by going to www.billysworldireland.com. A spokesperson said: “We really would love people or companies to come out and support Fiona on the walk, put money in the buckets or donate online. “We would love the people of Kildare to come out and support Fiona!!”