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<\/p>\nThe Love Island star doesn’t get paid for one of his jobs<\/p>\n
11:18, 09 Jun 2026Updated 11:22, 09 Jun 2026<\/p>\n
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Sean Fitzgerald with Lola Deal on Love Island(Image: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n
This year’s Love Island contestants are finally getting comfortable in the Majorca villa,<\/a> but there’s still much to discover about their lives before the spotlight.<\/p>\n Teacher Sean ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald was amongst twelve singles<\/a> who joined the ITV programme on day one. He was presented as a primary school teacher who also plays Gaelic Football<\/a>.<\/p>\n He previously represented Galway’s under-20 squad before progressing to the senior panel in 2022.<\/p>\n Read More: Tommy Fleming ex statement after emotional bombshell interview<\/a><\/p>\n Read More: Few Irish people applying for \u20ac130 social welfare payment available to large group<\/a><\/p>\n Viewers almost anticipate a footballer each series of the dating programme, but Sean distinguishes himself due to his earnings. Unlike other sporting professionals, he receives nothing from his football pursuits.<\/p>\n They do, however, receive government grants to cover expenses such as travel costs and training kit. This likely accounts for why Fitzy balances his roles as a footballer and educator.<\/p>\n But he still earns a decent income in his conventional job as Ireland’s primary school teachers have a starting salary of \u20ac45,379.<\/p>\n Whether he’ll return to his day job after Love Island remains uncertain, but it’s clear Fitzy didn’t enter the programme in pursuit of fame.<\/p>\n The 25 year old actually landed a place in the villa after posting a lighthearted TikTok audition video. Prior to the series getting underway, he disclosed: “I was thinking ‘Jeez, I wish I was in there I could liven it up a bit’, so I just went outside, did a bit of a spiel about what I would do if I was in there. It wasn’t actually an application as such, it was just a video kind of messing or whatever saying what I’d do if I was on there.”<\/p>\n Yet the footage captured the attention of the casting producers.<\/p>\n “The next day they actually rang me saying would I want to do an interview, so I didn’t apply or anything,” Fitzy shared. “I said ‘Sure I’ll do an interview’. But I wasn’t really thinking about it much.”<\/p>\n Join Galway Beo’s top stories and breaking news service on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n