John Burke, husband of actress Aoibhín Garrihy, has become the first Clare man to summit Mount Everest.
The actress broke the news on Twitter this morning.
At 9:45am local time @johnjohnb became the first Clare man to successfully summit Mt Everest ?
— Aoibhín Garrihy (@AoibhinGarrihy) May 16, 2017
She also shared this photo on Instagram:
John, a hotelier from Miltow Malbay in County Clare, left for Nepal with Aoibhín at the beginning of April.
She returned home three weeks ago while John stayed on in an attempt to reach the summit of the mountain.
John had previously spent time mountaineering in Ireland and Europe, as well as on Kilimanjaro and Ama Dablam in the Himalayas.
His Everest expedition is part of a fundraising drive for Elevate, a new organisation to help make wellness programmes available for schools and youth organisations in County Clare.