Brothers in Arms – Who we are, where we come from and what we like to do - Live for Today

Brothers in Arms – Pearse and Declan Fahy - Live for Today

As a team of brothers, we are proud to be the first representatives from Ireland to compete in Ö TILL Ö. Our team is made up of Pearse (the older brother aged 38) and Declan aged 29. We grew up like most Irish people, in the rural country side, just outside a small village called Dunshaughlin.

Growing up we played our National sports games of Gaelic football, hurling (one of the fastest ball sports in the world) and also cross country running. While never competing to the highest level, we represented our local school and club teams with pride and passion. Numerous injuries over the years for Pearse resulted in many untimely interruptions and he was unfortunate to have had four knee (ACL) reconstruction operations. Declan thankfully has enjoyed a relatively injury free sports career to date.
In recent years, the sport of triathlon has become the main sports pastime for the lads as their bodies have started to slow down! It must be said that the many triathlon events competed to date have always been memorable and thoroughly enjoyable. At these events, you will never just see Declan or Pearse competing by themselves - inevitably there will be their support crew to cheer them on. Pearse is married to Eileen and has two children Mae (aged 3) and Charlie (aged 1). Declan has a girlfriend Kate and they are well suited to each other … so perhaps there could be a need for the ladies in our families to start looking for a hat for a big day out!! No pressure there Declan or Kate! Our sister Carmel will also be on cheering duties for the first Monday in September, our date with Ö TILL Ö.

Having discovered Ö TILL Ö by chance over the internet in October 2008, it was put on the ‘Must Do’ list without hesitation. As the months went by and as we spoke to our friends and explained what this race is about, each time without fail we were met with very puzzling expressions and questions as to why we would want to swim 10km and run 55km across 20 islands ..in the Baltic Sea. But for us, that is exactly the reason! Experience Ö TILL Ö will be a once in a lifetime thrill for us. So far it has been a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Probably the biggest reason for entering the event is the unknown and conquering that same unknown. We look forward to finding out the answers to so many questions about ourselves and each other.

It is time to embrace Ö TILL Ö and live for today.