Weddings

Siobhan Brennan and David Marsh recall a romantic proposal with a difference

Annmarie Kelly and Barry McCartney met seven years ago and got engaged in Australia

Ruth Houston and Denis O’Donoghue had a humanist ceremony in sun-drenched Bantry

A perfectly directed wedding

Pastry chefs Rory Gannon and Laura Meade created a feast of food for their guests

Ciara Lewis and Cathal Houlihan married in Kinsale, but planned it all from Sydney

Anne Lynch and Lisa Swenson upgraded from civil partners to married couple

Melissa Murphy and Richard Maes met ten years ago as students at CIT

Orla O’Malley and Paul Flanagan got engaged but didn’t tell anyone

Eithne Ní Chonghaile and David Dunphy met at a christening in Galway in 2004

Bonnie Chase and Matt Panegasser eloped to Galway and married on Abbey Street Lower

Ciara O’Grady & Douglas Cady met in Scotland but married in Dublin

Sinead Hennebry first met Peter Preedy at her cousin’s wedding in 2012. Three years later, the couple celebrated their own special day

A proposal on the prime meridian, a spiritualist shore-side ceremony and a Lego wedding cake

Noelle and Tony met at a rally in Co Laois, and laterdiscovered their paths had crossed 27 years previously

Sandra Burke and Roy Kennedy say having Royah Marie with them was a highlight

Katherine Bohan and Domhnall O’Neill met while working in Cineworld cinema in 2006

“He eventually told me his surname – my name with an ‘ey’ on the end”

Lari Candelay spent years in Ireland, but found love in Sweden

Sorcha Turner and Dave Dennehy got engaged in the old part of Galway

After pretending to propose for about a year, Daniel Searle finally did in a special place

Alex Wilson and Emma Hickey married on October 24th, 2015, the 10-year anniversary of their first date

Rebecca Sellar and Christopher Wells got married in Bloomfield Presbyterian Church

Emmet Bradley met Xaris Zamora Escudero after his mother insisted on setting them up

David Hallinan and Hinata Yamagishi

Joe Kirby and Brendan Treacy

Ciara and Seanie were thrilled when their friend Doc read a poem written specially for them

On December 20th 2015, the couple married in a ceremony conducted by Ruth at Darver Castle in Co Louth.

On 28th December 2015, Lisa and Brian married in a spiritual ceremony at Ballybeg House in Co Wicklow

From teenage romance to a wedding that – almost – went off without a hitch

Michelle Orr and Keith Dunne got married in 2015 and for their first dance, the couple performed a choreographed swing dance to ‘We Go Together’ from ‘Grease’

An after-dinner performance by surprise opera singers was a highlight of the day for newlyweds Maria McElwee and Shumon Hashmi

‘We fell in love with it the minute we stepped foot in it’

On New Year’s Eve in temperatures of minus 16 degrees, John and Anna watched the fireworks and John proposed

“Three hotels, six coach journeys, eight meals, two priests, three bands, one first dance . . . it was all worth it.”

Stephanie had initially planned to spend only four weeks in the town but soon after meeting Steve, he bought the pub she was working in and the couple ended up running it together for four years

Some dramatic Hollywood sparkle in Balbriggan

Rachel Farndon and Tiernan Ennis found love in an unusual place

Fairytale wedding in an Irish castle for Los Angeles-based couple