The most generous county in Ireland has been named

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Generosity is a quality that many people look for in partners and friends. And if it's important to you, perhaps you should look for acquaintances in Kerry, as they have recently been named the most generous county in Ireland by ActionAid. The charity, which tackles the issue of poverty, recently looked at their donation records and found that Kerry were the most generous. More people from Kerry, per percentage of population, have sponsored a child in Africa than any other county in the country.

“At a time when life is financially harder for most of us, the generosity of people in Kerry is inspiring and absolutely vital to support ActionAid’s work.” Siobhan McGee, Chief Executive of ActionAid Ireland said.

Those from Kerry have sponsored 700 children in Africa and Asia since 1983. Thankfully, the of the country are also charitable as Action Aid found that over the last 20 years almost 20,000 Irish child sponsors have helped ActionAid transform the lives of people in some of the world’s poorest countries.

“We are grateful to everyone across Ireland who has stuck with us during hard times, we have sponsors who have been with us for more than 30 years! Currently almost 6,000 children are being sponsored by Irish people but following the recession we urgently need more people to step forward and help change a life.” McGee added.

The top 10 most generous counties per percentage of population according to ActionAid are:

1. Kerry
2. Limerick
3. Dublin
4. Wicklow
5. Longford
6. Clare
7. Kildare
8. Westmeath
9. Sligo
10. Louth