Chapter 1 - The Pre-Birth Years And Briefly After.

Aibhlinn Donnelly And Diarmuid O'Neill , Two Irish Natives Met And Fell In Love. Awww. The Pair Met At A Dance One Night In August In Co.Derry. She Was 17 And It Was His 18th Birthday And He Travelled Up North For A Night Out Wey The Lads. At That Time The Only Language Diarmuid Spoke Was Irish So Wasnt He Lucky That He Met Aibhlinn , Also A Fluent Irish Speaker Although She Also Spoke English. The Pair Got Talking And Eventually Went Outside Into Diarmuids Car. Aibhlinn Really Liked Diarmuid But Was Heartbroken When She Found Out He Was From Dublin , A 4 Hour Drive Away. But Diarmuid Liked Aibhlinn Alot And Fell For Her And She Did Him , So The Pair Somehow Made Their Relationship Work And Diarmuid Visited Aibhlinn Every Weekend For A Year Up North And Sometimes Aibhlinn Even Drove Down To Visit Diarmuid In Dublin. One Weekend In August, Exactly A Year Later After They Met Diarmuid Drove Aibhlinn Back Home After Her Staying In Dublin With Him For The Weekend. By This Time Aibhlinn Was 18 And It Was Diarmuids 19th Birthday. He Drove Her To Her Home Just Outside Of Dungiven And Got Out Of The Car And Opened The Door For Her. Whilst Opening The Door For Her He Got Down On One Knee And Pulled Out A Custom Made Engagement Ring. A 5 Carat Coloured Diamond Platimum Ring Engraved With " Tá Mé Chomh Mór Sin I nGrá Leat Aibhlinn" Which Means Aibhlinn, I Love You So Much. So My Dear Mother Said Yes And Walked Into The House And Suprised Her Mother Rosie. Her Father , Not So Much , Turns Out Diarmuid Had Asked Him 2 Days Prior When He Picked Up Aibhlinn To Take Her Down To Dublin And He Said Yes , He May Marry His Daughter. So They Celebrated That Fine Sunday The 17th Of August And Started Making Arrangements On The Monday. Both Of Them Agreed On Getting Married In Rome So They Went For A Chat With Aibhlinns Parish Priest Who Arranged For Them To Get Married In Rome. They Got Married 3 Weeks Later In Rome On The 7th Of September 1980 And Have Been Happily And Lovingly Married Ever Since. The First Child , Cathaoir Was Born The Following June in 1981 , Followed By Shea In 1983 , Followed By Bronagh Towards The End Of 1983 , Followed By Daire in 1985 , Followed By Twins Fiona And Eunan At The End of 1985 , Followed By Eimear in 1988 , Followed By Triplets Aódhan , Cíarrái And Erin In 1991 , Followed By Hannia in 1992 , Followed By Loughlin In 1994 , Followed By Leonise In 1997 And Finally Followed By Twins Saoirse And Proinsias-Pio in 2009. Within The Births Of These Marvellous , Fabulous Children Lol , Aibhlinn And Diarmuid Had Moved Down To Dublin City Centre And Had A Grand House For 11 Years. They Then Moved Up To County Cavan For 6 Years After The Birth Of Hannia The Great In 1993. Sadly Whilst In Cavan Both Of Diarmuids Parents Died Within 2 Months of Each Other And Split The Fortune Between The Children. Diarmuid And Aibhlinn Decided To Move Back Down To Dublin And Stay There. Diarmuid Bought Some Land In The West For Peanuts And Built His Dream Home , A 3 Storey House With Loads Of Gardens , A Guesthouse , A Car Showroom , Garage And Warehouse To Name A Few Things. The House Was Finished In The Summer Of 1999 And The O'Neill Family Moved In. Extensions And Added Extras Have Been Done Since. This Summer Will Be 10 Years Since They Moved In And They Are Holding A Big Party :] Also September 2010 Will Mean Aibhlinn And Diarmuid Have Been Married For 30 Years. Wooooooop!