{"id":630705,"date":"2026-09-20T18:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/630705\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:36:15","slug":"former-kerry-footballer-welcomes-second-child-after-life-changing-heart-attack-and-he-has-the-perfect-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/630705\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Kerry footballer welcomes second child after life-changing heart attack and he has the perfect name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Kerry footballer <\/a>Darragh Roche and his wife Tegan <\/a>have welcomed their second child this week. <\/p>\n

The couple, who have one daughter, Isla, were counting down the days for their new arrival, with Isla very excited and ready and willing to take on the role as a big sister. <\/p>\n

For Darragh and Tegan, their family life couldn’t be any sweeter, a feeling made all the more special after they faced one of the biggest scares of their lives just a few years ago. <\/p>\n

\"DarraghDarragh Roche with his fianc\u00e9 Tegan and their daughter. Pic: Darragh Roche \/ Instagram<\/p>\n

In 2025, the county championship winner and former senior Kerry panellist was at home in January when he began to get sharp pains in his chest.<\/p>\n

While Darragh didn’t want to cause a fuss, Tegan insisted that they call an ambulance. It was soon discovered that the 29-year-old was suffering from a heart attack.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, after getting to the hospital on time and spending the next few months recovering, they tied the knot among some of their nearest and dearest in Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n

\"DarraghPic: Darragh Roche\/Supplied <\/p>\n

Posting a few pictures on their social media, Darragh and Tegan welcomed their son this week and are on cloud nine. <\/p>\n

Darragh told EVOKE that Mum and baby are doing great and told us that they chose the name Beauden Roche, which means ‘beautiful’ or ‘handsome.’<\/p>\n

\"DarraghPic: Darragh Roche\/Supplied <\/p>\n

Getting one of his first snuggles from dad, it looks like little Beauden has already found his favourite spot! <\/p>\n

Congratulations, Darragh, Tegan and Isla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Kerry footballer Darragh Roche and his wife Tegan have welcomed their second child this week. The couple,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-630705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630705","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=630705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}