Persistent suitor John makes it third time lucky

SECOND-TIME around Valentines’ Day groom John Walsh, 62, admitted yesterday he proposed three times to widow Ann McMahon, 59, before she said “yes”.

Persistent suitor John makes it third time lucky

The couple were married at Limerick City Registry Office 39 years after they first met at the Jetland Ballroom in Limerick.

After a brief romance in 1968, they split up, got married and had separate families.

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