A Co Monaghan woman is set to take up residency in a treehouse for 48 hours in an effort to raise much needed funds for her community. Gwen Corrigan is on a mission to raise as much funds for Ballyoisin Church Restoration as possible. Not only will Gwen be living 26 feet above the ground at St Mellans GAA grounds but she will be dressed as a bird for the duration of her stay. The Truagh native will begin this intriguing journey of living in a tree, which is located along the N2 from 3pm on Friday afternoon until 3pm on Sunday.
Communication will be made from a height from her balcony in her treehouse to the people that will visit to show their support during the 48 hour period. A sleeping bag and a camping toilet will be all that Gwen will have in her new home. This isn’t the first time the local woman took on this novel idea. She did it in 1998 to raise money for Knockconan National School.
Through major fundraising efforts the community have raised €1.1 million to date for the restoration of Ballyoisin Church and it’s hoped that they can get much closer to final €400k that’s needed. Gwen hopes that people from far and near will branch out and support her this weekend:
The local woman says she is hoping this weekends endeavours will be as popular as the last time she was living in the tree almost three decades ago:
