Help Cilléin Groom get the surgery he needs!

Hi, my name is Ethan Preston, a close friend of Cilléin Groom. Cilléin is a 2 time Irelands Strongest Man winner, current Irish Strength Cup champion and a regular UKs Strongest Man competitor, with aspirations to go much further. While also doing as much as he can to grow the sport of strongman in Ireland with reffing, loading, coaching and the odd podcast. And anybody that speaks to him knows how much this sport means to him.

Cilléin suffered a knee injury during the final event of Ireland’s Stongest Man 2025 while looking to secure his third title in a row. This has resulted in him having to pull out of more planned competitions and ending his season as soon as it started! His knee has lots of damage and requires surgery to remove an inch long piece of cartilage and to get him back in one piece.

HSE/public waiting lists could take forever for him to get looked at so private surgery is his best option. It doesn’t get easier for him as the shop where Cilléin worked has just closed down and he cannot do any sort of manual labour as he can just about walk.

As most of us would be, Cilléin is too proud to ask for help so here I am! If anyone is able to donate anything at all to help us raise the funds for Cilléins surgery, please do. Thank you ❤️