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The Donegal Association Dublin, the representative group for the Donegal diaspora in Dublin, has awarded its prestigious Donegal Person of the Year award for 2018 to athlete and mountaineer Jason Black.
Letterkenny man Jason Black is being presented with the Donegal Person of the Year award for 2018 tonight in Dublin.
A global endurance athlete, he is the first Donegal person to summit Everest (2013) and the first person from the Republic of Ireland to successfully ascend and descend K2, a feat he completed in 2018.
He becomes the 41st recipient of the Donegal Person of the Year which was first awarded back in 1978 and he succeeds the 2017 recipient former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given.
The Donegal Association Dublin, the representative group for the Donegal diaspora in Dublin are hosting their annual banquet tonight in the capital where Mr Black has been joined by family, friends and hundreds of guests at what is regarded as one of the biggest Donegal social events of the year. There are an estimated 400 people in attendance.
“I receive this incredible award as a very ordinary man, raised in a very ordinary home, surrounded by an extraordinary community of people. My adventure life has taken me globally to some of the most remote yet beautiful and iconic locations in the world and to stand there as a very proud Donegal ambassador is truly an honour,” Mr Black stated in January when he was confirmed as the 2018 recipient.
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