THE Meath Hunt Ball of 2003 had a major impact on the lives of two of its attendees as it was there that locally-born David Geraghty first met English native Georgette Harvey, this despite the fact that both had attended Writtle University College in Essex at the same time.

Georgette takes up the story: “I had come over to visit friends and go hunting but missed the hunting as it had snowed overnight and all flights were delayed. However, I arrived in time for the ball and the rest, as they say, is history. We got married in England seven years later.”