{"id":596934,"date":"2026-08-18T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/596934\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:32:10","slug":"aine-may-kennedy-and-conor-gallagher-expecting-first-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/596934\/","title":{"rendered":"Aine May Kennedy and Conor Gallagher expecting first baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aine May Kennedy and Conor Gallagher have shared the sweetest news, revealing they\u2019re expecting their first baby \u2014 and the announcement couldn\u2019t have been more picture\u2011perfect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cork model and her footballer fianc\u00e9 took to Instagram to confirm that their already whirlwind year has taken another gorgeous turn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posting photos from a countryside walk, the couple are seen hand\u2011in\u2011hand with their dog Freddy trotting beside them. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aine1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2186154\"  \/>Pic: Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aine is glowing in a white blouse that shows her growing bump, holding ultrasound photos as Conor beams beside her. Their caption read: &#8216;Our greatest adventure is about to begin. Baby Gallagher, January 2027&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The post was instantly met with love, including a heartfelt message from Atl\u00e9tico Madrid \u2014 Conor\u2019s former club \u2014 who wrote: &#8216;Congratulations, beautiful family.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been a busy 2026 for the pair, who only recently packed up their life in Madrid after<a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/02\/07\/entertainment\/aine-may-kennedy-conor\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/02\/07\/entertainment\/aine-may-kennedy-conor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Conor received the call to join Tottenham<\/a> Hotspur. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aine2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2186155\"  \/>Pic: Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aine described the moment as one of those life\u2011changing Mondays: &#8216;One minute we are cooking dinner, next minute we are packing suitcases.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within hours, they were on a plane with Freddy, leaving behind the city they had called home for two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their move marked the start of a new chapter, and now they\u2019re adding an even bigger one. <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/06\/14\/entertainment\/aine-may-kennedy-premier-league\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/06\/14\/entertainment\/aine-may-kennedy-premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The couple got engaged earlier this summer<\/a> during a sunset proposal in Mallorca, with Aine calling it her &#8216;Blair Waldorf dream.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conor shared his own message at the time: &#8216;Here\u2019s to forever \u2013 10.06.2026.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shutterstock_editorial_15263552dk.jpg\" alt=\"Conor Gallagher and Aine May Kennedy during the Laureus World Sports Awards Madrid 2025 at Palacio de Cibeles. Pic: REX\" class=\"wp-image-1967294\"  \/>Conor Gallagher and Aine May Kennedy during the Laureus World Sports Awards Madrid 2025 at Palacio de Cibeles. Pic: REX<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aine, who finished in the top ten at Miss Universe Ireland in 2017, has built a huge following through her fashion content and dance background. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conor\u2019s career has taken him from Chelsea to Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and now Spurs, with the midfielder settling back into London life as they prepare for parenthood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their pregnancy announcement has already sparked a wave of congratulations from friends, fans and the football world \u2014 and Baby Gallagher is set to arrive in January 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aine May Kennedy and Conor Gallagher have shared the sweetest news, revealing they\u2019re expecting their first baby \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-596934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596934","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=596934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}