Who is Dee Devlin, the high school drop-out now finally engaged to Conor McGregor – and what’s left for the retired UFC millionaire to buy his wife-to-be?
The Irish couple have been together since 2008 and she is the mother of their 2 children – but The Notorious left it until retirement from the MMA ring before popping the question
When mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor announced his engagement to Dee Devlin on August 8 this year, it was an early birthday surprise to the style icon. Devlin, who turned 33 the next day on August 9, has been the long-time girlfriend to “The Notorious” since 2008 and is mother to their two children.
But who is the mysterious, future Mrs McGregor herself? Read on for everything we know so far about Dee Devlin.
1. Things were tough in the beginning
Devlin hails from Walkinstown, a suburb in the south of Dublin, Ireland, with a population of just 6,819 as of 2016. She was not particularly academically inclined and dropped out of high school at 15, taking up odd jobs, waitressing and modelling throughout her late teens and early twenties.
She met McGregor in 2008 at a nightclub, not long after he had decided plumbing really wasn’t for him and decided to pursue MMA for a living. In the pre-UFC, cash-tight early days, the couple moved into McGregor’s parents’ attic when paying the rent was a challenge.
2. Those waitressing days are behind her
As McGregor began to fight his way to the top, the UFC fighter hired her to take charge of his finances and training schedules, and now she’s part of his management and promotional teams. She is also involved with the management of his whiskey, Proper No. Twelve.