A Limerick carpenter with a passion for cycling carved his way to a cool €33,000 on the National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE One last Saturday.
Amateur cyclist Pat Joe Walshe from Abbeyfeale in Co Limerick was delighted after winning the tidy sum of €33,000 and spoke of how he ended up getting selected to appear on Winning Streak.
It all started with his wife Anne winning €55 on the Lotto three weeks ago. As she was collecting her winnings she bought three Winning Streak scratch cards and gave one to Pat, one to her son, Sean and kept one for herself. Sean won €10 on his and bought three more – again one for each. It was this lucky scratch card that got Pat his three stars, and his chance to appear on the show.
Pat (52) has been married to Anne for the past 28 years. They have two sons: Sean (27) and Paudie (25). He comes from a huge family boasting seven siblings, two brothers and five sisters.
A self-employed carpenter Pat and has been working for himself for the past 11 years but has more than 30 years of construction carpentry experience behind him. One of his interests is cycling, whether it is alone or with Paudie, he loves to get out for a few hours and cycle through the Black Valleys of Killarney, not too far from Abbeyfeale.
A total of €144,000 was won on the game show this week.
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