Colin Farrell completes Dublin marathon while pushing friend in a wheelchair, raises over $700,000 for charity

Colin Farrell pounded nan pavement done metropolis streets to complete the Dublin marathon – each for nan liking of his relationship pinch Emma Fogarty, nan longest-surviving personification successful Ireland pinch a uncommon familial tegument disorder.

Farrell, 48, was 1 of 20,000 runners to compete, but ran arsenic portion of nan “Team Emma” squad, pinch nan character pushing her wheelchair for nan past 4 kilometers of nan race.

Each kilometer represented 1 decade Fogarty has lived pinch Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).

“Extraordinary, extraordinary,” Farrell described nan title to RTÉ News.

Fogarty was diagnosed pinch EB erstwhile she was born. More commonly known as “butterfly skin,” the information affects 1 successful 50,000 people, according to Cincinnati Children’s. 

The familial mutation prevents tegument from decently forming, and makes tegument highly fragile, which causes wounds and infections.

“The Penguin” star and Fogarty person been friends for much than 15 years aft gathering astatine a kindness event, and arsenic portion of her 40th day celebration, Farrell agreed to tally nan marathon and push Fogarty successful her wheelchair for nan past limb of nan race.

“As soon arsenic you move a corner, there’s hundreds, aliases a mates of 1000 group there. The support retired location was unthinkable because it gave you a small bump, and you would actually, each nan guards were saying arsenic well, you spell a small spot faster than you should beryllium going.”

Farrell insisted nan title only came to beryllium because of Fogarty’s strength.

“It each started pinch really you recovered a measurement to unrecorded pinch EB and unrecorded not arsenic a unfortunate of EB,” he said.

“As personification who struggles and experiences symptom arsenic a consequence of it, but not arsenic a unfortunate of it. 

“Even though you suffer pinch it, you person a afloat life that has much symptom than should beryllium knowledgeable by immoderate 1 quality being.”

Before Farrell swooped by to prime up Fogarty, she sent a “massive convey you” to fans connected Instagram for each of their well-wishes.

“I’m present waiting for Colin to meet maine astatine nan past 4km. He’s moving accelerated and doing really well,” she said.

“I’m truthful excited and highly emotional. As galore of you know, nan logic I’ve done this is because I’ve deed nan large 4-0 this year, and I wanted to people it successful a immense way. But, it’s you – nan nationalist – that’s made it moreover bigger and much typical than ever.”

She added: “Thank you each for your astonishing support and donations – successful each way. We’re hoping to scope €1 million. Please spell to Debra.ie to donate.”

Farrell and Fogarty raised much than $700,000 for kindness astatine nan Dublin marathon.