A celebrity couple whose name sores high up on the list of successful couples is Dominic West and Catherine Fitzgerald. The duo has been married for more than a decade now. They tied the knot in a Catholic ceremony at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Limerick on June 26, 2010.
The pair have four children – Dora, 13, Senan, 10, nine-year-old Francis, and Christabel, five. Dominic West has always been a public figure attracting a lot of limelight for ‘The Crown‘. However, let’s get to know more about his wife Catherine, and the origin of their beautiful love life.
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Who Is Catherine Fitzgerald?
Catherine FitzGerald was born on 18 May 1971. She is an Irish landscape designer and gardener. Apart from being a landscape designer, she also has a studio with landscape architect Mark Lutyens in London. West and FitzGerald operate on Glin Caste, FitsGerald’s ancestral home, as a hotel and event venue. Catherine is a member of the FitzGerald dynasty, an Anglo-Norman, later Hiberno-Norman, aristocratic dynasty.
This dynasty originated in Welsh Marches, England, and Normandy. FitzGerald’s father was the last Knight of Glin. She has two sisters named Honor and Nesta. Catherine FitzGerald was formerly called Catherine Lambton, Viscountess Lambton as she was married to Edward Lambton, Viscount Lambton, the future 7th Earl of Durham.
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How Did They Meet?
Catherine and Dominic first met as students at Trinity College in Dublin. However, they went their separate ways after completing college. West dated Polly Astor and had a daughter with her. Catherine married Edward Lambton, and Viscount Lambton in 1995 and got divorced in 2002. They met again through a common friend and rekindled their relationship. “We went out together for six months, and we had great fun. He actually came to my 21st here [Glin Castle], then he left and we split up. Our best friend was also at Trinity with us. We all went on to have separate lives, but were linked through our best friend, Dominic Geraghty.”
She added, “Dominic (West) had a daughter with a friend of mine, Polly; and I got married, but that didn’t work out. And I went to (the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden at) Wisley, and did all this garden stuff and retrained. Then, when Dominic was doing The Wire, we met again through our friend Dominic (Geraghty); I was 32 then. I feel so lucky.”
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