{"id":626024,"date":"2026-08-07T21:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/626024\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:15:16","slug":"gaa-club-appeal-for-prayers-for-highly-respected-player-seriously-ill-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/626024\/","title":{"rendered":"GAA club appeal for prayers for &#8216;highly respected&#8217; player seriously ill in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A social media statement read: &#8220;Keep your thoughts and prayers with Kyle Johnston today as he faces a huge battle&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>15:04, 07 Aug 2026Updated 18:56, 07 Aug 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kyle Johnston of Cargin\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/766183806_122320545914023350_5154913310427875776_n.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Kyle Johnston of Cargin\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Kyle Johnston of Cargin(Image: Erins Own GAC Cargin)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A GAA club have appealed for prayers for a &#8216;highly respected young man&#8217; who is seriously ill in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Toomebridge and Duneane parish communities have come together to offer support and prayers for Kyle Johnston, who is in Intensive Care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Johnston is a well-known member of the Erin\u2019s Own GAC, Cargin club and they have asked for support for a &#8216;familiar face&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A social media statement read: &#8220;Keep your thoughts and prayers with Kyle Johnston today as he faces a huge battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A familiar face around the club and Toome, and a young man that carries immense respect from all around the parish, give him your positive energy and prayers to get through this challenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Parish of Duneane are planning a prayer vigil for Johnston on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Many of you will know a well known and highly respected young man from our Community Kyle Johnson is seriously ill,&#8221; the parish account explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We are gathering as a parish tomorrow evening Friday 7th July from 9pm to 10pm in Saint Oliver Plunkett Church Toome, to offer a holy hour for him, that the Lord would bring healing and consolation to his family. If you&#8217;ve never prayed in your life or a regular mass goer ALL ARE WELCOME. please share.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.belfastlive.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=9e6fed01-dc22-4b4b-873a-afe983e85ba3&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Sign up to our free sports newsletter<\/a> to get the latest headlines to your inbox<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A social media statement read: &#8220;Keep your thoughts and prayers with Kyle Johnston today as he faces a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[72282,9,10,13,14,5286,6,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,65,66,67],"class_list":["post-626024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-antrim-gaa","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-gaa","tag-headlines","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-world","tag-world-news","tag-worldnews"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117056302444852893","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}