Patrick and Patricia Lynch spent their honeymoon in Rome in 1998. They were granted a papal audience especially for newly-weds but were told by the officials that the bride must wear her wedding dress. Unfortunately Patricia had left her wedding dress back in Ireland but Patrick insisted that she should buy another one immediately.

On the day there were couples from all over the world being blessed by the Pope and the ceremony was transmitted on Vatican TV. Patrick recalls that as he approached His Holiness he felt sure he saw a halo around his head.

Patrick Lynch and Patricia Kavanagh met whilst walking their dogs in Sandymount and Patrick proposed five weeks later and eighteen months after that they were married.