Influencer and presenter James Kavanagh has swapped the big city life for the countryside with a move to Kilkenny. The social media star and his long term partner William Murray moved into their new house in the picturesque town of Graiguenamanagh at the beginning of the summer, and are settling into a slower pace of life, sharing their "moving diaries" on social media as they turn their new house into a home. The social media star, who is part of the presenting team for Grá ar an Trá, e xplained that moving to the countryside has become the "dream" he hoped it would.
Read more: Eileen Magnier repeated her Leaving Cert exams before successful RTE career Read more: Alan Hughes was always told to be himself on air and was never forced to hide his sexuality Speaking to RSVP Live, he joked: "Really good broadband signal down here, which is good. I was worried about that!" He noted that despite not being too far from The Big Smoke, he is beginning to feel the benefits of living in a smaller community. "I'm in Kilkenny , it's like an hour 20 minutes, so I can still dip my toe in when I need to, still run up for different things.
" But like, it's kind of becoming the dream I thought it would be." "I always say I feel like Belle in Beauty and the Beast at the farmers market on Thursdays, getting to know all the locals, and we're growing our own veg. So I'm really loving it.
" James and his partner William have renovation plans for their property too, and are documenting their progr.