For every birdie scored during the 2024 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 Women鈥檚 Irish Open at Carton House, along with every birdie that Leona Maguire has had since 2024 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 US Women鈥檚 Open, 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 pledged to donate a children鈥檚 book to local schools.
These excellent performances on the course resulted in 1,343 books donated, further bolstered by 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网鈥檚 donation of 657 additional books in a gesture of thanks towards Carton House and the wider community. This brought the grand total to 2,000 books, enough to create a vibrant 鈥渓ittle library鈥� for each of the participating schools, including many DEIS schools.
The donated books, carefully curated by the team at Children鈥檚 Books Ireland, celebrate diversity, inclusion, and the empowering stories of women in sport. This initiative builds on 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网鈥檚 longstanding partnership with Children鈥檚 Books Ireland, which includes their support of the 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 Children鈥檚 Books Ireland Awards and impactful programs like BOLD GIRLS and Free To Be Me, all championing the power of reading to inspire and empower young minds.
Children's Books Ireland
乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 has been a proud partner of Children鈥檚 Books Ireland since 2017, running a number of initiatives such as BOLD GIRLS, which promotes gender equality, and Free To Be Me, which encourages the celebration of diversity through children鈥檚 books, as well as sponsoring the 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 Children鈥檚 Books Ireland Awards since 2020. The Awards have been running for over thirty years and offer a total prize fund of 鈧�16,000 across six categories.
Growing up with two teachers as parents, the importance of books and reading were instilled in me from a very young age. I鈥檓 thrilled that my performance at the 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 Women鈥檚 Open, and that of my co-competitors, will make such a lasting impact for the young readers I鈥檝e met today in Clonmoney school, and in all of the schools that will benefit from this initiative.
We are very proud of Leona and her performance throughout this year鈥檚 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 Women鈥檚 Irish Open. 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 is thrilled to give back to the Dromoland community through our partners at Children鈥檚 Books Ireland, and hope that these books inspire their readers for many years to come.
