I am privileged to know Tara Flynn. She is a young woman, a native of my own parish – Cratloe, who has come through many difficulties because of a serious accident. I came to know Tara through meeting her on my walks in the local forest park. At first, a few years back, I would see her as she was practicing her running which was part of her physical therapy. Over time I got to know Tara well – her dedication , commitment and tenacity doing was she was doing, in the forestry, day after day certainly impressed me but even better still was her attitude – so positive, full of hope and ambitious in spite of her great difficulties. She frequently spoke to me about her passion for riding and so, you can imagine my delight when, for the first time I encountered Tara in the forestry riding a beautiful horse. I often encouraged her to start her own blog to relay her inspirational story to others. Then I came across this fantastic account of Tara’s life in “The Irish Field” , the following is a link to an inspiring account of her road to recovery.
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