Westlife’s Shane Filan and his wife Gillian have moved into their seven-bed roomed impressive mansion in Carraroe.  The couple, who moved in last week, say they are still moving their belongings into their home and will be for the next couple of weeks.

Gillian (25) said: “We have moved in but not officially as such. It’s looking like it will be a year to the day of our wedding, when we can finally say that we have moved in all of our stuff.” The couple got married on December 28th last year. 

Gillian was speaking about their plans at the opening of her sister Joanna’s handmade jewellery shop “Anna Rose” in Sligo last Saturday afternoon. The name “Anna Rose” has a particular family significance. Gillian’s second name is Rose, their mum’s name is Rosaleen and their granny’s name is Rose.
Shane, also 25, couldn’t make it for the launch but sent on a bouquet of flowers, wishing them luck for the opening.

Shane and Gillian have spent the last three years making sure their home turned out the way they wanted. The house has a home cinema with a huge screen and hundreds of movies to choose from. This is Shane’s favourite room along with the huge snooker room. Gillian added: “We have spent a lot of time picking out the furniture and planning the décor but we are very happy with it.” Her favourite room has to be their main bedroom. “There is an ornate bed, lovely furniture and a few personal touches. It’s what I’ve always dreamed of as a kid.”

The couple though have insisted that they will not be doing a magazine photo shoot inside their home, saying they want to keep it as private as possible. Already, huge offers for photographs have been flooding in. Westlife are doing a huge promotional tour of Europe at the moment for their album “Allow us to be Frank”.

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Growing up in Sligo, Ireland, Westlife's Shane Filan probably never dreamt that one day he would be having his own property custom built not far away, and that it would feature a snooker room, cinema and plasma TV in the bathroom. Understandably, Shane and Gillian have also installed a state of the art security system. 'Even if I'm in a hotel in Japan, I can see what's happening in all the rooms and grounds around the house', says Shane. 'Its literally like Fort Knox I thought there was no point putting so much time and effort into the house and then forgetting about security'. He adds that their first baby - which Gillian is currently expecting - was conceived on their first night in the property.

 

 

Nicky: "To be honest, I needed to know that the time was right for both of us. Three years ago we bought a house just outside Dublin, not knowing how long the band would last or how successful it would become. We settled in, but both of us knew it wasn’t really where we wanted to stay for the rest of our lives. Realistically, we knew we wanted to move back to Malahide, where Georgina grew up. Then just before Christmas we splashed out on this beautiful three-storey, five-bedroom Georgian house there which is everything we’ve ever dreamed of.

 

 

 

The modest bungalow, in the little country hamlet of Calry , is home to Westlife superstar Mark Feehily. Its an idyllic, sleepy backwater with a church nearby. There is Mark's family home and  the only minor change in its surroundings has been the erection of a high wall to provide the family with privacy from the fans.

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