Bit of a nice story to get folk through being stuck in the office on a sunny Wednesday.

Popped the question the other morning to the woman I've been head over heels for this past year and half

My Mams side of the familv come from East Clare and I would have spent many summers kayaking out to Inis Cealtra (Holy Island). There's ruins there dating back over 1000 vears and the island is iust beautiful to wander with some amazing history to it.

There's one spot I always found beautiful just on the shore. It's a curious stone with a cylindrical passage in it. People in Clare for 100's of vears would come here and pass their hands through this stone, meeting in the middle to clasp one another's hands, and strike bargains. These would range from land agreements to more commonly marriage pacts.

I've always said I'd love to get engaged there and well finally found a lovely woman to head out to the island with.

It was all a big surprise, I brought her down to Clare when the weather was lovely under the guise of me doing a concert. Meant I could make sure she was dressed up in an outfit she liked with the nails done without giving the surprise away, also meant she could help me pick out an outfit she liked for this big occasion haha.

The weather took a turn on the forecast and was due to be storms for when we had booked to go out. There wasn't a drop of rain once we set off from the harbour Our photographer friend was all camoed up hiding in the bushes ready to take these beautiful photos.

We passed our hands through the stone once she said yes and set back for home.

I'd told the boatwoman I was going out to get engaged and be god she went off and got us flowers and Prosecco for when we were back, she'd also told half the parish about it haha.

We came to shore and had crowds at the harbour coming up with congratulations.

It genuinely was iust like something from a movie

2 years ago I was depressed and begrudgingly on dating apps. I'm now in a nice iob with a beautiful woman in my life and an all round happier man. Met her by chance at the count centre during the local elections.

Love is out there lads, it'll find you. 😊

Clare history for the Romantics