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Laois couples Jack and Kayleigh (top right) and Catlin and Richard with their daughter Ellie (bottom right)
With Christmas being such a popular time for people to pluck up the courage and pop the question to their significant other, we asked Laois locals to share their romantic proposal stories from this Christmas.
After five years together, Kayleigh Dunne and her partner Jack enjoyed the holiday of a lifetime this Christmas in New York as Jack asked Kayleigh to marry him on Brooklyn Bridge as the sun set.
Jack proposed to Kayleigh on Brooklyn Bridge
Another Laois couple that got engaged over Christmas was Catlin Marum and Richard Greene. The couple got engaged on St Stephen's Day after the big man himself, Santa, visited their daughter Ellie.
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Catlin and Richard with their daughter Ellie
Laura Maher received her own surprise proposal from her partner Paul Oxely at 7.30am on Christmas Eve morning. Laura told the Leinster Express / Laois Live: "Just before I headed out the door to work in our coffee trailer, Rural Vagabonds, I was completely caught off guard and thought the naughty elf was up to his work again. Except Paul dropped to one knee asked me to marry him."
Laura and Paul celebrating their engagement
Paul's romantic proposal set-up
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