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JP McManus charity foundation donations total tops €103m

Billionaire businessman continues to give away sizeable chunk of his wealth through fund set up more than 20 years ago

Tiger Woods and JP McManus during day one of the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor Golf Club in Adare, Limerick. Picture: Eóin Noonan

Billionaire JP McManus is best known for funding the Limerick hurlers, owning a slew of coveted racehorses and rubbing shoulders with the great and the good of world golf at his luxurious five-star Adare Manor hotel.

While McManus’s wealth is far from obscure in many facets of his life, his charitable work flies a little further under the radar.

From care centres to cancer clinics, to substance addiction services, to universities, McManus has now donated ...