Joe Canning opens up about fatherhood and 'spiritual experience' before wife's pregnancy
The sports star and his wife Megan welcomed their first child four months ago, a daughter named Josie
Former Galway hurler Joe Canning has opened up about fatherhood, four months after welcoming a baby girl.
The sports star and his wife Megan welcomed their first child four and a half months ago, a daughter named Josie.
Speaking to host Doireann Garrihy on the Laughs of your Life podcast, he said: "It’s brilliant. She’s deadly. She’s four months old now. It was special... her name... mam passed and mam is Josephine so that’s why we picked the name Josie. It’s a bit old school.
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"She’s getting her own little attitude and stuff like that but she’s great.
"Put it this way, you think you love something but there is a deeper love when your kid comes along. It’s more than loving anybody else.
"When she smiles it is the best feeling ever."
The Galway star shared the strange moment that he took as a sign his mother was there watching over everyone on his wedding day.
"We got married on the 25th of November, and in the church there was a butterfly. It was really strange, because in November there's no chance of butterflies around.
"Father Tommy was talking about Mam, and the next thing everyone is just looking up behind him at the altar, that was the butterfly.
"For three weeks, going through all the injections, the butterfly was there. But, the second we got good news, that Meg was pregnant, it was gone out of the house."
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