We may not even know how to spell his name, but that’s just part of the mysterious appeal of the boxing champion’s spouse
Katie Taylor with her husband (right) and Senator Aubrey McCarthy at Tiglin. Photo: Tiglin
I think “never-seen-before-husband” might be my favourite prefix of all time. It’s so wonderfully over-the-top and dramatic — immediately conjuring images of Real Housewives gasping in horror in the middle of a scandalous denouement, or a heartbroken soap star running out of the Queen Vic.
Last week, the phrase was used in a much less sensational setting — to describe the other half of world champion boxer Katie Taylor.