Saoirse-Monica Jackson Reveals Engagement In Sweet Way (2024)

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Claire Hyland

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1st February 2024

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By

Claire Hyland

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1st February 2024

in

Entertainment

He put a ring on it! Saoirse-Monica Jackson is officially engaged and somewhere wee Claire's head is exploding.

True to form, the Derry Girls alum broke the news in dramatic fashion when her now fiancé blurted out their happy news during an interview and she reposted it online.

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Saoirse is engaged to Scottish DJ Denis Sulta real name Hector Barbour or 'Hec' to the actress.

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Interview: Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson

During a sit-down with Metal Magazine, Denis was asked what his best memory of 2023 was and sweetly replied: 'The day I proposed to my finacé Saoirse. She screenshotted and reposted the clip, commenting with a crying emoji but as of yet hasn't revealed any of the details of the proposal.

Back in November however the DJ threw a blowout celebration to mark Saoirse's 30 birthday and a trawl through the snaps from the night shows her wearing a ring on that finger hinting that he might have popped the question around her birthday.

Either way, she has been quiet about the details until now. It's not clear when or how they first met but the future husband and wife went official with their relationship back in September 2021 when she shared pictures of herself with the DJ.

It was a tweet about random celebrity couples that ended up going viral that put the fledgling couple on the map.

Since then she regularly appears in his pictures and the loved-up pair has documented their trips to Mexico and Amsterdam for fans. They live in Liverpool which she joked in a recent interview is halfway between his home in Glasgow and hers in Northern Ireland.

Denis' mother is the Scottish broadcast journalist Muriel Gray and the first female chair of the Glasgow School of Arts' board of governors, while his dad is Hamish Barbour the television producer.

During her birthday celebrations in 2023, he paid tribute to Saoirse writing: 'Happy birthday to the best thing in my life and on the planet full stop. What a weekend!' Congratulations on your engagement, Saoirse and Denis!

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