Carlow man now an official Guinness World Record holder as certificate arrives
Published 24th Mar 2019, 12:20 BST
Some achievement!
A Carlow farmer now officially has a Guinness World Record to his name.
Last August, Paddy Kennedy set off in his tractor and drove backwards all the way from IT Carlow to Mount Leinster Rangers GAA club – a distance of 30 kilometres.
The previous record for longest distance travelled going backwards in a tractor was just over 20 kilometres.
The official World Record certificate arrived this week and on Saturday Paddy held a ceremony in the Step House Hotel in Borris to hand over the money he raised for two charities – the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust and the Irish Cancer Society.