Sean Klimczak and his now-wife, Kimberly, got engaged near the Ring of Kerry 25 years ago last month. They have never stopped loving Ireland since.
Kim and Sean Klimczak are still together all these years later and last week celebrated 30 years of dating in total. They will celebrate being 25 years married next year.
A US couple who got engaged in Ireland during the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis say the trip remains one of the most memorable moments of their lives, 25 years on.
Picture the scene: it’s March 2001, and Ireland is just about coming out of the strict precautions caused by the crisis. Animals were being slaughtered in their thousands, forests and tourist sites were closed, and events were being cancelled left, right and centre.