Twins (9) to shed their lovely locks for children’s wigs

NINE-year-old identical Galway twins are to have their long golden locks shorn off to make wigs for children who have lost their hair to illness.

Amy and Sarah McMahon from Castlegar have also raised more than €500 for the West of Ireland charity Hand in Hand, which provides support for families whose children are receiving treatment for cancer.

The girls, pupils at Briarhill National School, plan to have 12 inches of their crowning glory cut at the Hand in Hand fundraising event day at Galway Sportsground next Sunday. It will be donated to Rapunzel, which creates wigs for sick kids.

Amy came up with the idea after reading about nine-year-old Grace Kenneally from Tirellan Heights, who is battling the childhood cancer Neuroblastoma.

Her family are trying to raise about €250,000 in order to send the Gaelscoil Dara schoolgirl abroad to take part in a clinical trial.

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