Not content with competing in an Ironman event just as
the strict lock-down was ending, Meath farmer Eoin Corrigan made it a day to
remember when he proposed after the finish.
The 32-year-old got down on one knee and popped the
question to girlfriend Roisin Mooney in front of family and friends who were at
the event to cheer him on.
The move was unplanned meaning Corrigan had no ring to
put on his girlfriend’s finger. So he did what any self-respecting endurance athlete
would; reached for race grub and pulled out a Haribo jelly ring.
He had just completed a full Ironman challenge event
based in Boardsmill near Trim, Co Meath, and said the jelly ring was all he had
to hand as he had not planned the proposal.
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“We both knew there was a proposal somewhere in the
pipeline but next year was more kind of in my mind. The thought occurred to me
a couple of weeks ago to do it after the Ironman challenge,” he said.
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“There was a table
at the finish line where the nutrition was and I literally crossed the finish
line, stumbled over to the table, searched the bag of jellies, picked out the
ring and grabbed a hold of Ro.”
Far from being disappointed with the Haribo ring, Roisin
Mooney said she would hold onto it forever. However, a proper engagement ring
was immediately being planned.
“There wasn’t a doubt in my mind, I was saying yes half
way before he was through his little speech,” school teacher Roisin told the
Meath Chronicle.
“I hadn’t a clue, he took my hand and I thought he was
just going to thank me for the support. Then he dropped to one knee and I was
like ‘oh my God’.
“By the end of it he had everyone balling crying. It was
a lovely gesture and one hundred per cent was not expecting it at all.
“It was like a fairytale, I finally have my happy ever
after and my prince charming as cheesy as that may sound.”
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