{"id":443177,"date":"2026-05-11T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/443177\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:03:12","slug":"revealed-former-two-time-all-ireland-winner-announces-engagement-in-social-media-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/443177\/","title":{"rendered":"REVEALED: Former two time All-Ireland winner announces engagement in social media post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cathal Barrett, two-time All-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipperarylive.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ireland<\/a> winner and two-time All-Star corner-back with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipperarylive.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tipperary,<\/a> has announced his engagement to partner Katie O\u2019Regan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipperarylive.ie\/news\/home\/2077620\/planning-permission-lodged-with-council-for-major-works-at-tipperary-creche-site.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Planning permission lodged with council for major works at Tipperary creche site<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a post shared on Instagram with his social media followers on May 6, the Holycross man revealed the happy news alongside photographs taken at Dogs Bay, the renowned white-sand beach in Connemara, County Galway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The caption on the post indicates that the couple got engaged on May 2.\u00a0The post quickly attracted congratulations from friends, teammates and followers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_2026-05-10_223729-1778450209540.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"319\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: @katieoregan31 and @cathalbarrett<\/p>\n<p>Cathal enjoyed a distinguished inter-county career with Tipperary and was regarded as one of the county\u2019s most consistent defenders during a successful era for the Premier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Holycross-Ballycahill clubman won All-Ireland senior hurling titles in 2016 and 2019\u00a0and earned two All-Star awards for his performances at corner-back.<\/p>\n<p>The engagement announcement has been warmly received online, with many supporters sending best wishes to the couple as they celebrate the next chapter in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tipperarylive.ie\/news\/home\/2076714\/in-pictures-tipperary-campaign-highlights-misuse-of-disabled-parking-spaces.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">IN PICTURES: Tipperary campaign highlights misuse of disabled parking spaces<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cathal Barrett, two-time All-Ireland winner and two-time All-Star corner-back with Tipperary, has announced his engagement to partner Katie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5582,192964,61,60,43,9123],"class_list":["post-443177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-tipperary-gaa","tag-holycross","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-tipperary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}