PICS: Call of duty as soldier weds girl of his dreams

Almost exactly 12 months after his heart-warming proposal became an internet sensation, a romantic Irish solider has finally married the girl of his dreams.

Kevin Phelan, who is a member of the Defence Forces, hit headlines last October when, having just returned from a six-month mission on the war-torn border of Syria and Israel, immediately dropped to one knee in Dublin’s Casement Aerodrome and popped the question to his girlfriend of four years, Lena Murphy.

Kevin, who had been part of the 44th Infantry group in the Golan Heights, had spent the previous months in constant danger and, at time, dealing with heavy gunfire.