Inspirational Geraldine Mullan reaches the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro

Geraldine Mullan has reached the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Geraldine, a nurse from Williamstown, Co Galway, who lives in Moville, made the announcement of her plans to climb the highest mountain in Africa last year.

Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895 metres (19, 340 feet) and is one of the world’s top seven summits.

Geraldine and her friend Katie Fitzpatrick have a Just Giving page and have already gathered over £25,000, having set up The Mullan Hope Centre in Moville in memory of her family and her late mother,  Margaret Connaughton, who passed away in Galway earlier this month.

Geraldine was the sole survivor when her son Tomás, 14, daughter Amelia, 6, and husband John, 49, died after the family’s car entered Lough Foyle on the way home from a day out in August 2020. Only two weeks ago, Geraldine lost her mother in Galway.

"Amazing to get this update from Geraldine this morning," the Mullan Hope Centre posted on Monday afternoon. "She reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro yesterday morning at 7am!! In her quick update, she said that she is on her way back to base and should be there later this evening. Words can not express how proud we are of you Geraldine."

Donations can still be made to 'Geraldine and Katie’s Just Giving page - called Geraldine & Katie are trekking Kilimanjaro in aid of Children in Crossfire'.

Founded in 1996 by Richard Moore who was blinded as a 10-year-old boy in 1972 during the Troubles, Children in Crossfire supports projects helping some of the most vulnerable children on the planet that suffer from the injustice of poverty.

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They work in partnership with local organisations in Tanzania and Ethiopia to improve the lives of the most disadvantaged young children, with a particular focus on Early Childhood Education (ECE). In Ireland, they work in schools and with the general public to raise awareness of global justice issues, and advocate for increased investment in ECE.