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Fun at the Fair!

The WeddingDates.ie team were out in force at the Southern Brides Wedding Fair in Silversprings Hotel in Cork last weekend and we had a great time chatting to newly engaged couples and getting plenty of snaps of people behind our poster board!
We also did a survey with couples and will publish the results soon, and read more..

Southern Brides – Wedding Fair

This weekend sees the Southern Brides Wedding Fair take place in the Silversprings Hotel Conference & Events Centre on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of January 2010.  There will be live catwalk shows, dozens of exhibitors and lots of inspiration for the bride and groom-to-be!

We exhibited at this fair last year, and had great fun read more..

Fun Run!

This weekend is the annual Cork Women’s Mini Marathon and the weddingdates.ie team are getting involved by entering the race gowned up and ready to go!  We are running for Cork ARC Cancer Support House, a very worthy cause.  A few of us did the marathon last year in Wedding Dresses and it was great fun read more..

Unholy Matrimony – Big Love Inflatable Wedding!

When I started weddingdates.ie I asked my aunts for their dresses to use in photo shoots/promos etc and I was surprised that a few of them had either given their dresses to charity shops, lost them in a house move or simply had them stashed away in the attic.  My mothers words to me when read more..

Wife Carrying 2010 – Irish Heats

The Irish heats for the 2010 Wife Carrying Championships in Finland were held last weekend in Sneem, Co. Kerry as part of the Sneem Family Festival
Naturally, the weddingdates.ie team were out in force and James and Ciara managed to improve their time to 1 minute 38 seconds!! Not bad for the couple who came read more..

WeddingDates Team take the Plunge!

I don’t really think the photos do justice to the hilarity that was the wife-carrying championships in Finland, so we have put together a little YouTube Vid to try to capture the atmosphere.

Some photos of the Wife Carrying

You can view all of the photos from the trip on our facebook page and why not become a fan while your at it for special news, events and updates!
I think James’ swan-dive into the water might have been what helped us to secure the prize for the “Most Entertaining Couple” at the event!
The team read more..

World Wife Carrying Champions!

Well, we’re back in one piece today after the craziness of Finland and happy to report, loaded down with prizes!!  James and I scooped “Most Entertaining Couple” in the main race despite coming 35th out of 35 with a time of 2:22.  We also made up half of the Team who are now ranked #3 read more..

WIFE’S ON MY BACK AGAIN

Normal blogging will resume next week but today we are out of the office in Finland.  Flying the flag for Ireland in the World Wife Carrying Championships!  If you want a bit of the action today, follow @WeddingDates on twitter for live tweeting of the event, hashtag #wifecarrying.  Hopefully will be getting some radio/press coverage read more..

Bride Goes Over the Edge

Our new promo video is now live on You Tube!!  We had HUGE fun filming this in the Derrynane Gardens and O’Carroll’s Cove Beach Bar in Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry.  Check it out and leave your comments below!

Special thanks goes out to the ’stars’ of the vid, my ‘husband’ James Kennedy and poster-girl Jenny Owens.  Peter read more..

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