The death at the age of 78 last week of iconic British pop and rock music performer and actress Marianne Faithfull stirred local memories of her once famous romantic association with Monaghan’s Lord Rossmore. The singer became an icon of 1960s and 1970s British culture and courted notoriety through her relationship with Mick Jagger and association with his band The Rolling Stones. However, Monaghan’s Lord Paddy Rossmore emerged as a rival to Jagger for Faithfull’s affections and the couple were engaged in 1979, generating a storm of tabloid media attention. They never married and Faithfull disclosed in her subsequent autobiography that at the time she was battling serious drug and alcohol dependency …
