Couple who won £115m EuroMillions jackpot reveal first thing they bought

By Grace Piercy, News Reporter

Frances and Patrick Connolly won £115 cardinal successful the Euromillions (Image: PA)

The mates who won a £115 cardinal EuroMillions jackpot person revealed the archetypal happening they bought.

Frances and Patrick Connolly, from County Armagh successful Northern Ireland, won their immense prize connected the New Year’s Day gully astir six years ago. At £115 million, it was the 4th biggest UK lottery prize ever claimed astatine the time.

The pair, who person lived successful Hartlepool for 30 years, gave much than £60 cardinal of their winnings to friends and family. But that was not their archetypal walk with the prize.

Frances, 58, a erstwhile societal worker, was successful a edifice erstwhile she realised she’d tally retired of pants and had to tally retired to get some.

She told the Sun: “We near our location with nothing, to support america harmless successful lawsuit anybody recovered retired astir it and came to the house. And they did - wrong minutes.

The archetypal happening Frances Connolly bought was a brace of pants (Image: PA)

“When we arrived astatine a edifice successful England connected Friday night, up of the property conference, I had to telephone our Fiona and say, ‘Will you nip down to Marks & Spencer?’. She got a battalion of 3 pairs for 12 quid.”

Her archetypal luxury acquisition was buying her begetter a golden pouch watch. She has besides acceptable up 2 charities, 1 named aft her precocious parent Kathleen Graham successful their autochthonal Northern Ireland, and the PFC Trust successful Hartlepool.

Their biggest expenditure aft their triumph was a mansion successful County Durham with 7 acres of land, wherever Frances drives a Jaguar and her hubby has an Alfa Romeo.

The mates person 3 daughters - 1 is married, 1 has a small girl and 1 is single, according to their mother. But they person tally into occupation with what happens to the wealth if their daughters get divorced.

But contempt their caller wealth, the mates person tried to not fto it spell to their heads, adjacent turning down an upgrade to archetypal people connected a level due to the fact that they wanted to beryllium together.

The mates accidental they are present busier than ever - attending meetings and foundation events and going backmost and distant to Ireland, wherever they are doing up a house.