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23 Oct 2025

POLL: Would you ask the man you love to marry you on February 29?

A leap year affords women the opportunity of asking men to marry them - it'll be interesting to see what our poll reveals in this regard.....

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No, you wouldn't ask a man to marry you on February 29

Yes, you would ask a man to marry you on February 29

An old Irish tradition dictates that on February 29 - women can propose to the man she loves.

The opportunity arises once every four years, a leap year. 

We at @Donegallive have decided to run a poll to see how many women would ask a man to marry them, in line with what is recognised and accepted to be an 'old Irish tradition' on February 29. 

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