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 www.thecormactrust.com
Cormac’s death came as a shock to people not only in his local area, but also to people all over Ulster and Ireland, as he was a well-known sportsman of exceptional fitness and of ostensibly perfect health.
It was largely due to the death of Cormac, Irish youth rugby international John McCall and other subsequent cases that the Irish public became aware of the issue of sudden cardiac death among young people.
From the time of Cormac’s death the McAnallen family was keen to direct public attention to these cardiac conditions that cause such sudden deaths. Hence the family, with the assistance of the Tyrone County Board of the GAA, set up the Cormac Trust. The following are its four objects:
• To raise awareness of sudden cardiac deaths in young people, and its causes;
• To promote cardiac screening for young people, especially for athletes;
• To provide education and information to raise awareness at government level and among other authorities as to the value of providing facilities for the screening of young people;
• To provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for sports clubs in the local region, for the use of the entire local community, and to train people in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and the use of defibrillators.
The Cormac Trust was established on 21 March 2005 on foot of a Declaration of Trust made by Brendan McAnallen, Gareth Loughrey and Paul Doris (the Trustees). The Trust identifies the following objects:
1. The Provision of education and information to the community in Northern Ireland in the first instance in order to raise awareness about fatal and non-fatal heart conditions in young people with particular reference to young sportsmen and women.
2. The provision of education and information about medical screening to the community in Northern Ireland in the first instance to raise awareness of its benefits for the treatments of fatal and non-fatal heart conditions in young people with particular reference to young sportsmen and women.
3. The provision of education and information to raise awareness in Government Health Departments as both local and national level of fatal and non-fatal heart conditions in young people and to assist where possible in their initiaves in the areas of screening, education and treatment.
4. The provision of defibrillators to amateur sporting organisations in County Tyrone in their first instance for the benefit of young sportsmen and women and for use in their communities. More information can be found at www.thecormactrust.com In 2005 Drumragh Sarsfields were presented with a defibrillator from the Cormac Trust. This device is currently housed at the Camphill Community Village in Clanabogan and is available for use within the entire community. If it is ever required it could possibly save a persons life who may have heart problems and the following people are trained in its operation; Eamonn McCann — 079 0968 5736 Terry Keyes — 079 0847 3342 Mickey Rodgers — 078 0937 7592 Jackie McSorley — 077 6263 4882 Anne Donaghey — 077 2525 8935 Seamus Woods — 079 6662 8051 Siobhan Taggart —078 6425 5181 Helen McGlone —079 7704 4156 Neamh Woods — 077 4944 8231 Theresa Woods — 078 7961 3954
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