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Deirdre Rosenkranz, Jane Seymour and Peggy McNamara outside The Mall Boutique in Westport
Hollywood star and former Bond Girl Jane Seymour and her boyfriend John Zambetti visited the West Mayo town of Westport on Thursday.
One local business owner describes being “starstruck” and lost for words when she realised the actress was shopping in her boutique.
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Peggy McNamara, co-owner of The Mall Boutique in Westport, describes Jane Seymour as “such a lady.”
She laughs as she recalls a gentleman coming into her shop and asking if she was Peggy.
“So then I assumed I knew him, and I thought, 'Oh God, he must have been here before.'”
He told Peggy that Ann had sent him. Peggy assumed it was her sister Ann.
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“So I shook his hand, and I gave him a hug because I was sure I knew him.”
The gentleman in question turned out to be John Zambetti and it was then that the Hollywood actress walked into the shop.
Peggy said, “Well, you look like somebody famous.”
Fortunately, her sister Deirdre came to the rescue and instantly recognised the star of Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Peggy tells The Mayo News that the celebrity visitor to her shop was “just fabulous” and was really kind in taking photos with them outside her shop.
Jane Seymour and Anne Corcoran in The Castlecourt Hotel.
It would emerge in conversation that it was in fact Anne Corcoran who had suggested The Mall Boutique as a good place to shop as both Seymour and Zambetti had been staying in The Castlecourt Hotel.
They would also enjoy their stay in Westport by visiting Matt Molloy's and dining at Sage.
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