Wedding of the Week: 10,000 miles away a GAA pitch meeting leads to love

Gillian from Mayfield met Paul from County Down in Sydney and they got engaged on Christmas morning

Gillian McCarthy and Paul Keith with Laura Dennehy, Elaine Condon, Maria Punch, Sarah Fogarty, Stephen Keith, Liam Crean, Aidan Clarke and Brian Bell. Pictures: Dermot Sullivan

Their love for sport ensured Gillian McCarthy and Paul Keith met on a GAA pitch — at the other side of the world.

Gillian, from Mayfield, Cork, and Paul, from Ballycran, County Down, first laid eyes on one another in Australia eight years ago.