Pat Kenny is certainly one of Ireland’s most well-known faces and voices, however what can we find out about the household behind him?
The broadcaster, whose radio present moved to the weekends in 2026 after 12 years, is about to return to the Late Late Show, the present he hosted till 2008, on Friday.
So then, forward of the episode, what can we find out about Pat and his life away from the cameras with his wife, Kathy?
Marrying Kathy
Pat and Kathy stated I Do in 1992 in Paris after a authorized ceremony at a registry workplace in Edinburgh, in order that they wouldn’t alert the press to their marriage plans in Ireland a number of weeks earlier than.
‘We had the wedding dinner in the Ritz and had a boat on the Seine, for champagne. I can’t imagine it would have been better anywhere else,’ Pat stated in an interview with the Irish Independent in 2001.
Chatting about assembly his wife, he added: ‘I can’t regret not marrying younger. I hadn’t met Kathy. She is the one I was waiting for. And we met at the perfect time.’
Their household
Soon after saying I Do, Pat and Kathy welcomed their first daughter, Kristina, with Pat crediting her with serving to him turn into extra empathetic in his interviews.
They went on to welcome one other daughter, Nicole.
According to Extra.ie, Kristina at the moment works for an Irish tech firm, whereas Nicole works in digital advertising, having executed media research at DCU.
Pat hardly ever speaks about his daughters however has made a handful of public appearances with them over the years and each from time to time, mentions his household in interviews.
Chatting with RSVP, he stated his daughters attempt to make him more healthy, saying: ‘Anytime we are out for food, they order salad on the side, and I always order chips. They are quick to say ‘Oh no, not again’.
Work-life stability
When Pat left the Late Late Show in 2008, it marked the finish of twenty years of Saturday nights away from his household, as earlier than the Late Late, he hosted Kenny Live.
Talking with the RTÉ Guide, Kathy joked: ‘I said to Pat, “if you sign up for another five years of that show, you’re on your own”.’
‘In another few years, Kristina [their then 16-year-old daughter] would have left school, and you have to believe that there’s more to life,’ she added.
