Author Cathy Kelly has revealed how she tied the knot with her long-term partner John Sheehan earlier this year.
Speaking to the Evening Herald, she said it was an intimate ceremony back in March with a party for family and friends in Wicklow afterwards.
Kelly, whose 12th novel Homecoming has just been released, told how the couple got married following an extensive campaign by their seven-year-old sons.
She explained: "Basically, we've been together for a long time and we've two boys, Murray and Dylan. And for some reason they knew we weren't married and I've no idea how they knew because when I was a kid that would never have occurred to me.
"They started saying 'when are you going to get married?', because they wanted a party. I think they knew that if you got married there would be a party involved. So that's how it happened, so we said okay."
The best-selling author completed the manuscript for 'Homecoming' just two days before the wedding in March, leaving her little time to behave like "a Bridezilla".
She claims the big day was "very laid-back. My attitude was that everyone can wear what they want. I just wanted people to turn up and be happy".
"I didn't tell anyone," explained Cathy. "I kept it very quiet. I wanted to do it under the radar. I was slightly obsessed about wanting it to be quiet. I just wanted it to be for us."
