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She was Damien Rice's muse and now it seems stunning songstress Lisa Hannigan, pictured below, has melted the the heart of Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody. template_placeholder_selected: '

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As of 2016, Hannigan planned to return to Dublin with her London-based husband following her At Swim tour of Europe and the US. window.dataLayer[0].user.meteredResetDate = meteredResetDate; } subscribeLink.style.display = 'inline-flex'; 'shop-front': 'fp_refresh_price', const urlHash = getUrlHash(); localStorage.setItem('price.selected', JSON.stringify(item)); value: priceID, const products = selectedPrice.placeholder_prices.length > 0 Lightbody opened up with a new song, written backstage half an hour previously. if (!params[key]) { fontSmoothing: 'antialiased', items_used: accessObject.metered_paywall_items_used, Welcome! }, 500) const element = mutation.target; Wednesday 12 January 2022. } eventCategory: 'upgrade_flow', The Cake Sale Lyrics (returnURL || member_redirect)) { p_tag.appendChild(span_tag); const subscriberCookieStatus = getCookie(subscriberCookieName) || '{}'; subscriptionStatus: 'Whitelist', Which is apt given, of course, that its a national anthem of sorts. var nowTimeStamp = Date.now(); Lisa Hannigan's debut solo album, titled Sea Sew, was rehearsed in a barn in Thomastown and recorded in Dublin before being released in Ireland in September 2008. return []; // if we are here, we are not granted by purchase but we do not have missing info and not reached the limit yet subscriptionFinishDate: cookieData.subscriptionFinishDate, }); return -1; and Gary Lightbody performing live onstage (Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns) Embed. } return price; }; } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('epaper-access') > -1) { : getPricesByBadge(); break; el.classList.add('-full'); userHasLoggedIn = true; } if (eventType === 'new_card_created' && isUpgrades) { if (prices.hasOwnProperty(key)) { document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "= ; path=/;domain=" + domain + ";expires = Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"; base: { if (urlParams.has('gaa_at') && urlParams.has('gaa_n') && urlParams.has('gaa_ts') && urlParams.has('gaa_sig')) { 'none' : 'registration'; }); The talented 26-year-old from Co Meath joined new boyfriend Lightbody for her first public appearance since her professional split with Rice, at the open day of the Oh Yeah music centre in Belfast last Saturday. const listenForFlipPayEvents = function () { const isRegionalShopFront = false; Some Surprise - Lisa Hannigan and Gary Lightbody - YouTube window.dataLayer[0].article.wallVisible = 'false'; const virtualPageViewData = { if (userWall && userWall !== 'none') { window.scrollTo(0, flipPayEl.offsetTop + (flipPayEl.clientHeight/2)); It was even speculated that Lisa, who had been singing with ex-boyfriend Damien for over six years, left his tour to spend more time with Lightbody. template_confirmation: "", const gigyaID = getCookie('guid'); const thresholdInHours = Number('0' || '0'); return pathParts[pathParts.length - 1]; document.cookie = 'showWelcomeBanner=true;path=/;domain=' + domain + ';max-age='+cookieExpiryInSeconds; const getBundleById = function (id) { During her first week at university she became friends with Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice. products: [purchasedProduct] } }); }, bundle: 'premium-plus', evt.which : evt.keyCode; card_number_style: stripeInputStyle, } else { eventData: { } successful_upgrade_redirect_url: successful_upgrade_redirect_url, if ((typeof bundleExpires[priceId] != "undefined") || (badges.indexOf('featured') > -1 && labelText)) { const expiryTime = 2; [61][44] They have a son. 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