RTÉ’s Ruth to wed son of late Fr Ted star Dermot
RTÉ DJ Ruth Scott has announced her engagement to her partner of three years Rob Morgan, the son of the late Father Ted star Dermot Morgan.
However, while the loved-up pair met as a result of their passion for Father Ted, they will be avoiding the curse of a Craggy Island-themed wedding.
The popular 2fm host met Morgan, a management accountant at The Merrion Hotel, in 2013 at a Father Ted quiz night in Dublin. The couple got engaged on New Year’s Eve while in Wexford with friends ringing in 2016. Ruth said they have yet to set a date but hope to tie the knot next year in Ireland.
And despite a mutual admiration for the famous sitcom, which followed the lives of priests Ted Crilly, Jack Hackett and Dougal McGuire and their housekeeper Mrs Doyle, Roscommon-born Ruth told the Irish Daily Mail they’ll be avoiding a Father Tedthemed wedding.
‘I’ve gone to Ted Fest, the Father Ted festival, before and it’s mad. There is a joke wedding every year at that, but we’ve heard many of the couples break up afterward so we said we’ll be avoiding that curse.
‘There’ll be no King of the Sheep or Ted Fest wedding.
‘My dad passed away years ago when I was young and Rob’s dad is deceased too, so it’d would be nice to have pictures of them on the day or something, but we haven’t planned anything yet.’
She also insisted she will not be a traditional bride in an ivory gown. ‘White and cream are not my colours to be honest,’ she said.