Celtic Woman Forum
The Cast => Megan Ruby Walsh => Topic started by: CWazyTom on November 24, 2018, 02:23:12 PM
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Megan was part of a charity single in Ireland in support of "Tiny Dancer" Lily-May back in 2012.
Lily-Mae Morrison was diagnosed on the 1st June 2012 with a rare form of cancer called Neuroblastoma which effects 1 in 100,000 children in Ireland.
Here's the music video for the single that Megan was a part of:
https://youtu.be/3pnZBjcBFgg
I think that's Megan at 2:43 and 5:27.
Here's the link to the album, including the first song, which Megan was a part of:
Album: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/tiny-dancer/712614552?i=712614784
Single: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/tiny-dancer/576441815?i=576441894
The CD was a No 1 hit in the Irish Charts for 6 weeks, and raised a huge amount for The Sunni-Mae Trust.
Thanks to help from those funds, Lily-Mae went on to receive 9 chemotherapy treatments and was part of a clinical trial in Michigan and her cancer finally went into remission.
There are a bunch of articles available if you want to read more about it, but here are some of them:
https://www.independent.ie/life/family/family-features/prayers-answered-tiny-dancer-lilymae-marks-three-years-cancerfree-at-first-holy-communion-35758237.html
http://claregalway.info/nuacht/news/2018/03/best-word-ever/
Lily-Mae has been a survivor for over 5 years now.
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I haven't found out from Megan what her charity of choice is yet. I asked her a few times (and I asked Mairead yesterday too) but she may not have seen it.
I don't want to keep hounding her, but I also don't want her to feel left out when I donate to all the girls' charities for the M+G this Tuesday (I also got them some Christmas cards and sweets).
But I do know from research when she joined Celtic Woman that she was part of this charity single (she was also part of a fundraiser for the Rugby Football Union's Charitable Trust a while ago).
I honestly don't know if the Trust is still going at this point, but I decided it might be nice to get the single as a way of thanking Megan and applauding the efforts by all these artists and the people who donated over 6 years ago to save this little girl's life.