In a momentous first, a gay couple tied the knot in Ireland this morning. Cormac Gollogly and Richard Dowling, both 35, have been together for 12 years and were engaged for two of them before they finally wed Tuesday in Clonmel, County Tipperary. The Irish Times reports that "a number of other" same-sex couples are also expected to marry today.
The Gollogly-Dowling nuptials came a day after Ireland's marriage equality legislation took effect. Passed in May by more than 62 percent of Irish voters, the law made the largely Catholic country the first in the world to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote.
"It's great to be the first," Gollogly said.
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