Inside Dermot Kennedy’s 10 year romance with girlfriend Aisling and wedding rumours

Dermot Kennedy is one of Ireland’s biggest musical exports, with hit songs like Outnumbered, Better Days and Something to Someone.

He had been busking for many years before reaching international stardom upon the release of his debut album Without Fear.

The singer has reflected on finding love with his long-term girlfriend before fame and how his famous aunt Mary Kennedy helped him with his new life.

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How old is Dermot and where is he from?

Dermot was born on 13 December 1991, making him 31 years old. He is originally from Rathcoole in County Dublin.

Who is Dermot’s girlfriend?

Dermot has been with his girlfriend Aisling Finnegan for about ten years. The couple keep their relationship very private, but he was spotted with her back in 2015 when she represented Dublin in the Rose of Tralee.

The pair attracted rumours that they tied the knot last year, when Dermot was spotted wearing a gold ring on a necklace. However, neither commented on whether the speculations were true or not.

The Giants singer has opened up about finding love before his stardom.

“If I was in a situation now where things were kicking off – and I thought about this quite a bit – and if you’re in a scenario where you were trying to find somebody it would be so hard to get to the bottom of people’s motives,” he told the Irish Mirror.

“Like, it would be so hard to know if someone truly wants to know you, or if they’re just enticed by what you’ve done and who you are and your career.

“And so I think that’s an easy thing for me to take for granted – the fact that I’m with somebody who knows me truly and knows who I was when she was buying me cinema tickets, you know what I mean?

“Really from the start. And I think that counts for a lot. And then friends and family, too.”

Dermot Kennedy with his girlfriend Aisling Finnegan Relationship with aunt Mary Kennedy

The singer-songwriter has a close relationship with his aunt Mary and has credited her for helping guide him through fame.

He explained that while they haven’t had direct conversations about it, he has seen her throughout her television career.

“It’s not even that she ever sat me down and gave me advice, or told me how to do it,’ he admitted adding, ‘But she leads by example and sets a beautiful example.” he previously told the Irish Mirror.

Mary has also spoken about how close her daughter Lucy is with Dermot, as they are only six months apart in age. She is also his personal photographer.

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Speaking to Dr. Mary Ryan in RSVP’s Empowering Woman podcast, she said: “We’re a very close family. We always went on holidays together, myself and [Dermot’s parents] John and Eileen and Dermot and his sister Claire.”

She added that Lucy gets “very candid shots” because she and Dermot hang out together a lot when they are on tour.

“They’re both just gunning to get back on the road again,” the television presenter said.

Mary shared that she tried to give Dermot a helping hand at the beginning of his career by using her connections in RTE.

“It’s gotten to the stage now where, when he was on the Late Late Show it was ‘you’re Mary Kennedy’s nephew’, and now it’s ‘you’re Dermot Kennedy’s aunt!’, which is great”.

“I can remember in the very beginning when Dermot was kind of making a little EP and John, my brother, gave me several of them in a little envelope with a press release they composed themselves to give to different people.

“I remember I was on with Ray D’Arcy and he was asking about Dermot and I said, ‘I gave you one of those envelopes’, and he said ‘I know and I didn’t open it’.

“And I said ‘well you’re sorry now!’”.

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