Westlife's Mark Feehily announces birth of his daughter with fiancé Cailean

What a beautiful name!

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 3rd Oct 2019

Huge congratulations are in order for Westlife's Mark Feehily, whose baby daughter has been born! The 39-year-old, who has welcomed the baby with his fiancé Cailean, announced the details of his daughter's birth in a super sweet Instagram post.

Sharing a photo of himself and Cailean holding their daughter's hospital cart and pointing into the air with happiness, Mark announced that their little girl was called Layla and had been born on 1st October 2019!

He wrote, 'Baby Layla born safe & sound @ 7.27pm on October 1st 2019! We’re the happiest Dads in the world! ❤️👶🏻🇮🇪🌈 😘 x.' sic

Fans from all over the world rushed to celebrate Mark's news, and Australian singer Delta Goodrem - who's also the ex-girlfriend of Mark's former bandmate, Brian McFadden - also left a message of congratulations, simply writing some heart emojis and kisses.

Mark announced that he and Cailean were expecting a baby on his birthday back in May. In a now-deleted photo, Mark posted a picture of a baby scan and a babygro, writing, 'Thanks for all the Birthday wishes everyone, it really makes this my most special birthday EVER to let everyone know that later this year we will become Dads for the first time. This is the proudest moment of our lives and we are beyond excited to say it out loud!'

He also revealed that he and Cailean had gotten engaged on Instagram in February whilst on holiday in the Maldives. Although the original post has been taken down, Mark did share a series of photos with his fiancé about a week afterwards.

He wrote, 'Cheers to all who sent kind words of congratulations to us earlier RE our 💍 news! An overwhelmingly big reaction to be fair didn’t expect it!

'To celebrate 5 amazing years together and our engagement on our 5th anniversary, here’s some shots of my fiancée Cailean and I, having great craic in various places all around the world. The mystery is no more hehehe...have a great weekend y’all Spk soon! xMx&xCx ❤️👬💍🥂🌈😁❤️.' sic

Congratulations!

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