Ballyfin House marriage proposal for RTE star Kathryn Thomas
Laois' exclusive Ballyfin Demesne was the romantic spot where last weekend Kathryn Thomas' boyfriend decided to propose, and got a tearful yes.
Laois' luxury hotel, Ballyfin House, was the romantic spot where RTE Broadcaster Kathryn Thomas said yes to her boyfriend's proposal last Saturday night.
The Carlow woman reportedly "bawled her eyes out" when restaurateur Padraig McLoughlin asked her to be his wife.
The couple were staying at Ballyfin House but the proposal didn't happen during their gourmet dinner.
Instead Padraig got down on one knee while Kathryn was wearing a dressing gown and tucking into a pack of salted peanuts in their bedroom suite.
"We were back in the room. I was there with the hair scraped back, in a dressing gown and white slippers eating a pack of peanuts is when it happened," Kathryn said to a national newspaper.
Kathryn afterwards tweeted her thanks to the hotel.
"To all the staff @BallyfinDemesne thanks for making our stay so special. Amazing to experience restoration carried out with such love & vision," she said.
The news has again put Laois' jewel five star hotel in the news, having recently been voted the best hotel in the world by the readers of luxury travel magazine Conde Nast.