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Summer Sun required for a Tented Wedding!

As an avid Electric-Picnic-goer I love the festival vibe and a definite highlight is hanging out in the marquees and wonderfully decorated tents in the rolling fields of Stradbally.  I’ve been overheard manys the time saying that EP is like a playground for adults!  The Bollywood Bar at the picnic is a top spot to read more…

Recession busting price for small weddings!

This came to my attention recently, a recession-busting all-in-price for small weddings of 50 people.  I think it’s great that hotels are beginning to be a bit more innovative in how their attract their business in these tough times and with Rathsallagh House in Co. Wicklow being so transparent about their prices that can only read more…

Something to Remember It By

Wedding Guest Book Ideas
With big weddings nowadays, you have so many guests and people to talk to during the day that it can be sometimes be difficult to take it all in and remember all of the kind wishes and things people said to you on your big day.  Guestbooks are an ideal way for read more…

Grooming the Guy

While this blog is pretty focused on you brides-to-be, I thought I’d been neglecting the fellas out there who may be searching the net and struggling with the whole marriage thing.  From deciding on WHEN to pop the question to wedding budgets and future plans, the man of the moment is faced with huge life-changing read more…

Romantic Luxury for your Wedding Night in Kinsale, Cork

The Trident Hotel in Kinsale are now offering their stunning Master Suite to all Brides & Grooms for their 1st night as a married couple.  The Master Suite, that was recently described in an Irish Times article as “one of the best suites in Ireland” has uninterrupted sea views from the bedroom and sitting/ dining read more…

WeddingDates.ie in the Press!

We’ve been lucky enough to get quite a bit of coverage over here in WeddingDates.ie and we are delighted each time we get a piece of media attention!
2 weeks ago we got the WeddingDates.ie plug in twice on the Ray D’arcy show on Today FM, on Monday Conor Pope the consumer watchdog, was asked a read more…

Review: Brides by Franc – Wedding goes West!

Last night was the first episode in the new season of Brides Of Franc and Franc aka Peter Kelly ventured West to the Aran Islands to organise a wedding in the community centre Halla Ronán in 3 short months.  The couple Máirtín Eoin Coyne and Aoife Flaherty had very little done before Franc came on read more…

First TV mention!

I was overjoyed this morning to see that weddingdates.ie was promoted as one of the Top 5 websites of the week by Ireland AM on TV3!  Great plug for the website to be on national TV.  Next up, will be an interview with me hopefully to get even more publicity and those all important hits read more…

The New Irish Bride

It’s a great day when a prestigious Irish Glossy Magazine calls to ask your input on an article they are putting together and that’s exactly what happened to me 2 weeks ago when the Irish Tatler got in touch regarding an article on wedding venues.  I was delighted to contribute and I put together a read more…

Colour Me Beautiful!

With the first bit of real sun any of us in Ireland had this week, it got me to thinking about spring-time and the impending summer months ahead!  Summer is a time of colour and every bride needs to think about her colour palette for the wedding well in advance.
The colours you choose will go read more…

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