With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Kirsty Blake Knox speaks to couples who found romance after meeting in university and finds out why that formed a solid foundation for a long relationship
Eoin O’Neill and Yvette Poufong met in DCU and have been together ever since. Photo: Gerry Mooney
Collegiate settings have often been the backdrop for romance in films, TV and books – be it Normal People, One Day or Legally Blonde. There are many reasons why some people meet their significant other in between lectures and freshers mixers.
To begin with, you are suddenly exposed to a whole new social circle and are spending hours with classmates studying or, in some cases, avoiding study.