Lisa at Dromoland? It’s a case of another Cannon in the castle
Whatever will they think of next? Married couples going away to mark their anniversary? What an age we live in.
I’ll give you an expose. Last night, Lisa Cannon — who recently departed Xpose after a decade on the TV3 show — and her husband Richard Keatley celebrated their first wedding anniversary in Dromoland Castle in Newmarket-on-Fergus in Co Clare.
Lisa and Richard clearly have a thing about castles, because — need I remind you? — they got married in the fairytale Castello di Vincigliata in Florence in Italy in front of over 100 guests.
This time Lisa and Richard commemorated their big day last night in Dromoland Castle with just an audience of two: each other.
That is — apart from the team at Michael O’Doherty’s VIP magazine who popped along to record the intimate celebrations for the next edition of the glossy organ.
The castle, once upon a time the ancestral home of the Kings of Thomond, is close to the relatively newlyweds’ hearts. “We spent New Year’s Eve there on our first as husband and wife,” gushed Lisa. “So it’s only fitting that we go back and enjoy some anniversary celebrations there too!
“I’m looking forward to spending some quality time together as the last few weeks have been busy. I was also away in Ibiza for a week at the beginning of September with seven girlfriends. So now it’s time to unwind with my hubby of a year.”
To help them unwind in advance, they also had recent trips away to another castle, Castle Leslie in Monaghan, and The Merchant Hotel (sadly, not a castle) in Belfast. It was in the Red Room of the former establishment, Castle Leslie, that Richard and Lisa exchanged wedding anniversary gifts.
“Everything from to a beautiful watch, to a framed picture of him and his groomsmen in a walking Martin Scorsese shot in their sunglasses in Florence, a weekend away; he gave me a slip of paper, which is the symbol for a first wedding anniversary, with a holiday on it!” said Lisa, not saying where.
“I also got a stunning handbag. I’m a lucky girl.”
Don’t hate her all at once.