{"id":284481,"date":"2026-01-14T20:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/284481\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:07:09","slug":"eibhlin-ni-chonghaile-confirms-split-from-alan-maloney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/284481\/","title":{"rendered":"Eibhl\u00edn N\u00ed Chonghaile\u00a0confirms split from Alan Maloney"},"content":{"rendered":"

TV star Eibhl\u00edn N\u00ed Chonghaile\u00a0has confirmed she has split from Mount Falcon Estate hotelier Alan Maloney.<\/p>\n

The couple had a fairytale romance after meeting during Ladies Day at the Galway Races in 2009.<\/p>\n

They wed on October 1, 2022 at their family home on the historic grounds of Mount Falcon Estate in Co Mayo in front of close family and friends. <\/p>\n

\"Eibhl\u00ednEibhl\u00edn N\u00ed Chonghaile. Pic: RTE<\/p>\n

After 13 years together and welcoming three children \u2013 daughter Ally, nine, and sons Finn, seven, and five-year-old Se\u00e1n \u2013 the couple decided to get married just eight weeks before their big day.<\/p>\n

But now Eibhl\u00edn has confirmed to EVOKE that she and Alan are no longer together.<\/p>\n

However, when asked if she like to make any further comment on their marriage split, the TV presenter declined.<\/p>\n

\"Eibhl\u00ednEibhl\u00edn N\u00ed Chonghaile’s wedding to Alan Maloney. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n

Eibhl\u00edn, who has spent the last 23 years gracing our TV screens on every channel from TG4 and RTE to\u00a0Virgin Media<\/a>\u00a0and Raidio na Gaeltachta covering news and current affairs, previously opened up to us about her fairytale romance to Alan after meeting on Ladies Day at the Galway Races.<\/p>\n

She previously told EVOKE: ‘I swear, he walks over in the bar and I turn around. I just love his height and his stature anyway \u2013 that would be my caveman kind of guy \u2013 and I obviously liked him.<\/p>\n

‘He had this mid-Atlantic accent and he said he was from Mayo.<\/p>\n

\"\"Eibhl\u00edn N\u00ed Chonghaile. Pic: RTE<\/p>\n

‘So the connection was that I was nicknamed at the time the Mayo<\/a> correspondent because I was doing all the gas stories and I was really knowledgeable on Mayo at that stage so we had a huge discussion about that,\u00a0but then we got lost, we moved to the couches in the foyer and he didn\u2019t see us, and we parted.\u2019<\/p>\n

Alan, who is co-owner of Mount Falcon Estate walked up to her at the bar, and while they eventually lost each other in the crowd they did manage to exchange cards. <\/p>\n

‘It was funny because I came up with my best friend but he didn’t know and I asked for a bedroom for two and he is checking with reception every five seconds did she specify a twin room, is it a boyfriend?\u00a0 He didn’t know what was coming up.’<\/p>\n

\"Eibhl\u00edn<\/p>\n

The pair had dinner that night with friends\u00a0 and afterward, he invited her to come downstairs. \u2018He had the porter put on a fire and bring in tea and toast and we talked. He said, \u201cmy life is a little bit messy but can you promise me to wait for me?\u201d Straight off I said yes.<\/p>\n

\u2018So we had a slightly tumultuous year after that where it was highs and lows,\u2019 she says. \u2018But I was 32 and it was very romantic. When everyone doubted the situation I never doubted it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Eibhl\u00ednEibhl\u00edn N\u00ed Chonghaile’s wedding to Alan Maloney. Pic: Michael Pajkert<\/p>\n

Eibhl\u00edn admitted previously that she didn’t make contact until Christmas to wish him a Happy Christmas before he invited her down to Mount Falcon to stay with a friend, and after a wonderful dinner,\u00a0<\/strong>he asked her to meet him in the drawing room later that night\u00a0where they enjoyed tea and toast in front of a roaring fire. <\/p>\n

The 48-year-old mum-of-three told One Fab Day<\/a> at the time about the moment Alan proposed while abroad. She said: ‘He’d been acting quite strange and leaving the table quite a lot that evening.<\/p>\n

‘Of course, I found out afterwards that he was trying to get through to my father in Connemara to seek his approval. I was seven and a half months pregnant with my daughter Ally and I remember feeling so fortunate. <\/p>\n

\"Eibhl\u00ednEibhl\u00edn N\u00ed Chonghaile. Pic: RTE<\/p>\n

‘The next day we joined friends and family on an archaeological cruise of the Mediterranean, so it was a great start to the rest of our lives and terribly romantic,’ she said.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her big day, Eibhl\u00edn told\u00a0EvVOKE<\/a> at the time: \u2018I\u2019m practical and had never considered myself to be a wedding person but when I walked down the stairs into the foyer and saw everyone, there was this really special feeling which I didn\u2019t expect to have.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV star Eibhl\u00edn N\u00ed Chonghaile\u00a0has confirmed she has split from Mount Falcon Estate hotelier Alan Maloney. The couple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-284481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115895262043477434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}