{"id":670863,"date":"2026-10-31T12:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T12:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670863\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T12:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T12:40:20","slug":"milestones-keep-on-coming-for-mayos-ryan-odonoghue-and-fiance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670863\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestones keep on coming for Mayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue and fianc\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026 has been some year for Mayo\u2019s Ryan O\u2019Donoghue, and it doesn\u2019t look like the celebrations will be slowing down anytime soon!<\/p>\n

The sportsman kicked off the year by announcing his engagement<\/a> to his love Courtney O\u2019Donnell and then, of course, there was the All-Ireland win.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s been named Footballer of the Year at the All-Stars<\/a>, and it turns out there\u2019s another big milestone on the horizon for Ryan and his fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\"MayoMayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue is announced as PwC GAA\/GPA Footballer of the Year. Pic: Sportsfile<\/p>\n

Speaking with host Joanne Cantwell as he collected his award on stage at the RDS in Dublin, Ryan revealed that they\u2019re building a house together.<\/p>\n

Seemingly referring to their upcoming wedding, Joanne teasingly asked Ryan if Courtney gets to have a \u2018new best day\u2019 of Ryan\u2019s life? <\/p>\n

He smiled as he replied: \u2018I didn’t really mean to say that after the All-Ireland, but 26th of July would be hard to beat!\u2019<\/p>\n

\"MayoMayo footballer Ryan O’Donoghue and Courtney O’Donnell at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Sportsfile<\/p>\n

The presenter then asked Ryan to talk a little about being from Bellmullet<\/a>, with Ryan saying: \u2018Like everyone else in rural Ireland, I’ve decided to live there.<\/p>\n

\u2018Myself and Courtney are going to build a house there now, hopefully in the next couple of months, but that means everything to us.<\/p>\n

\u2018Belmullet\u2019s done so much for me, and there are two tables down there [at the All-Star Awards], and hopefully we can celebrate this night together.\u2019<\/p>\n

While Ryan might be building a home with his soon-to-be wife, his Footballer of the Year trophy won\u2019t be living in their house. Instead, it\u2019ll be going to his parents\u2019 house.<\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan O’Donoghue is congratulated by his mother Brenda after the All-Ireland final match. Pic: Sportsfile<\/p>\n

With a laugh, Ryan told Joanne: \u2018This is my mother\u2019s\u2026 she gets everything, and mum and dad will be getting this in their house. I know they’ve done a lot for me and I\u2019ve a lot of people to thank.\u2019<\/p>\n

Family is clearly very important to Ryan, who admitted it\u2019s been a \u2018whirlwind\u2019 since Mayo secured All-Ireland victory in July, and he made sure to give Courtney and his parents a shoutout in his speech<\/p>\n

\u2018My family, thank you for everything you’ve done for me, Mum, Dad, Shay. Thank you for everything,\u2019 he said. \u2018<\/p>\n

Ryan added: ‘And then finally, Courtney, thank you for everything you do for me. I definitely wouldn’t be up here if it wasn’t for you, so thank you so much.\u2019<\/p>\n

See more photos from the All-Stars below:<\/p>\n

\"MayoMayo footballers Jordan Flynn with partner Jessie Brown and Kobe McDonald with partner Leah Maheady at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\"DublinDublin footballer Ciaran Kilkenny and Rebekah Garvey at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\"LimerickLimerick hurler Cian Lynch and Dayna Slattery at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\"LouthLouth footballer Ciaran Downey and Hannah O’Neill at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Seb Daly\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\"KerryKerry footballer Shane Murphy and Aimee Murphy at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\"LimerickLimerick hurler William O’Donoghue and Gemma O’Donoghue at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Ramsey Cardy\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\"MayoMayo footballer Jack Carney and Jaimee Geraghty at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Seb Daly\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\"KilkennyKilkenny hurler Cian Kenny and Rachel Moloney at the 2026 PwC GAA\/GPA All-Star Awards. Pic: Sportsfile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 has been some year for Mayo\u2019s Ryan O\u2019Donoghue, and it doesn\u2019t look like the celebrations will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-670863","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\/670863","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=670863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}