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Bridge House Hotel – Wedding Fair

Shane — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:37:22 +0000

The Bridge House Hotel in Tullamore, Co. Offaly has the answer to every one of your wedding needs and will be showcasing their fantastic new wedding packages at the Bridge House Hotel Wedding Fair on Sunday, 22^nd January 2012 from 2-6pm.

As an added incentive, anyone who books their wedding at the Bridge House Hotel before the end of January 2012 will be in with a chance to win a dream Mediterranean Cruise honeymoon! Be sure to book your wedding at the Bridge House Hotel to be in with a chance to win!

On January 22nd, the Bridge House Hotel will be open for couples to view the stunning wedding facilities including venues for civil ceremonies, large and smaller wedding receptions. Visitors to the Wedding Fair can also meet the Bridge House’s dedicated wedding team, who carry over 40 years of wedding experience, and see the stunning Secret Garden at the hotel. The Secret Garden is designed to be a prime spot for the all-important wedding party pictures to treasure forever as well as a little place of mystery where brides and grooms can hide away in a magical place on their special day for a few precious moments of privacy.

Located less than 90 minutes from Dublin, Galway and Limerick, the Bridge House Hotel has over 40 years of experience and a longstanding reputation of being one of the midland’s most popular hotels for wedding receptions and civil ceremonies.

Each wedding at the Bridge House Hotel is carefully planned with a dedicated wedding coordinator on hand throughout the entire process and brides and grooms will enjoy complimentary use of the luxurious Bridal Suite complete with Jacuzzi – a haven to return to after a long wedding day!

The Bridge House Hotel has fantastic wedding packages to suit every budget starting from as little as €43.95, or for a price of €69.95 you can enjoy an all inclusive wedding package offering a seven course dinner expertly prepared by Patrick Kennedy, Executive Chef at the multiple Michelin Guide Recommended Bridge House Hotel Restaurant, complimentary finger food, vintage rolls Royce, chair covers and much more!

Specialist wedding packages at the Bridge House Hotel include the ‘Mediterranean Package’ where you can have the tastes of getting married abroad but the comforts of home, or if you have married abroad why not celebrate at home with a ‘post-wedding’ reception with friends and family. One of the many gifts to couples who have their wedding at the Bridge House Hotel is the opportunity to avail of Moposa’s online wedding software where brides and grooms can plan their wedding including budget, table plan and much more of the finer details from the comfort of their home!

Now with a dedicated wedding website, http://tullamore-weddings.bridgehouse.com/, potential brides and grooms can preview exactly what the Bridge House Hotel has to offer as well as view special offers and learn more about the hotel’s wedding team.

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Ballygarry House Hotel – Bridal Recognition Day & Competition

Shane — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:47:22 +0000

€3,000 “DAY AFTER WEDDING” PARTY AT THE PAVILION UP FOR GRABS

Planning a wedding can be expensive business, particularly during a recession. So couples will surely be pleased to hear that Ballygarry House Hotel & Spa, one of the most popular Wedding Venues in Kerry, is preparing to give one luckily betrothed couple a fantastic ‘Day After Wedding’ party worth €3,000.

To celebrate the launch of its upcoming Bridal Recognition Day on November 20th, the hotel will enter every couple who books a wedding consultation with them between now and November 20th, into the prize draw to win a post wedding party at the hotel’s exclusive new venue, The Pavilion.

The wedding after party will be an opportunity for the winning couple to celebrate the day after their wedding with 100 guests at the luxurious all weather Pavilion overlooking the picturesque Kerry Mountains.

The giveaway is part of Ballygarry’s Bridal Recognition Day, now in its third year, which is the hotel’s way of saying thanks to all future brides and grooms who have booked their wedding with them.

The event will include live music, canapés, champagne, and will showcase the Day After Party BBQ options, as well as a fantastic array of prizes to be won, totalling over €10,000.

Commenting on the event, General Manager Padraig McGillicuddy said “Our past Bridal Recognition Days have been such great successes we had to repeat it again this year, and have made it even bigger and better this time around. It’s our own way of saying thanks to every couple who has booked their wedding day with us and will be a chance for them to win some fantastic prizes by the wedding suppliers who are joining us on the day, not to mention our own exclusive range of prizes . We look forward to greeting all our upcoming brides and grooms at the event on November 20th”.

Click here for more information or to Check Availablity for this beautiful Wedding Venue in Kerry!

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Winner of Johannes Photography Competition!

Ciara Crossan — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:53:08 +0000

Myself and Johannes from Johannes Photography, spent the morning reviewing all of the entries to this amazing competition and boy was there some pretty great stories in there!

It was so tough to pick a winner, but I think you’ll agree with the effort that she put into it…..Susan Burns is a deserving winner of this fantastic prize! Congrats to Susan and Ray and we’ll look forward with interest to see what incredible photos Johannes gets with this couple. Read her proposal story entry, which comprised of a full rhyming poem!

You said “What about it”

I said “What about what”

“Marriage and all that”

I didn’t look up in case you weren’t sincere

Because you are everything I hold dear

“Well” you said

I lifted my head

We looked at each other

Our smiles you couldn’t smother

I don’t think either of us actually ever did propose

Things just happened I suppose

It was just decided there and then

Now we’ve chose the place and when

Being a recession

We just had a session

The ring has to wait

More important that we get our date

Deposits are paid on music and venue

Were still deciding on the menu

I know a surprise you’ll spring

When I do get that ring

We’re both over forty

And oh so flirty

Wouldn’t it be such a laugh

To not have to pay for a photograph

Just a reminder for anyone who’s lonely

He or she is out there looking for you only

We’ve found love, we fit like a glove

So remember it’s never to late to meet your soul mate

Ray loads of hugs ‘n kisses

Can’t wait to be your missus

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How deep is your Love?!

Ciara Crossan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:30:27 +0000

Wow, another FANTASTIC Competition for you loved up brides and grooms to be out there!! I’d love to enter half these myself!! Here’s some info I got this week for the competition between Kildare Village and The K Club…

Kildare Village Outlet Shopping has become romantically entwined with The K Club 5* Golf & Spa Resort to seek out the most hopeless romantic and discover how deep is their love for their partner. Our true lovesick lady or gent will be rewarded with the wedding of their dreams to share with their partner and 100 of their nearest and dearest guests at one of Ireland’s most aspirational wedding venues, The K Club Golf & Spa Resort in Straffan, Co.Kildare.

To win this incredible prize all you need to do is visit www.wedding.kildarevillage.com to enter the ‘How deep is your love?’ online competition and tell us the lengths you would go to show your love for your partner by uploading a picture, a video or simply tell a story. And we don’t want anything in return. Except, perhaps, your undying devotion to Kildare Village for ever and ever…

We want you to show the world what true romance is all about. We’re looking for those gestures – both tiny and grand – that stir our emotions. If you are the girlfriend who ruined her killer heels watching him pay his beloved sport in a mucky field? Tell us about it. If you sent a teddy bear in a taxi to your girlfriend’s work because she was feeling poorly, we want to know. The tone can be sweet, romantic or dramatic, in text, photo or video format but it has to win the hearts and minds of the public and our judging panel.

You only have till March 14th to compose and upload your entry. Next comes VOTING WEEK which begins at 9am on Monday 15th March 2010 so you will need to rally all your friends and get as many votes as possible before the closing time on Monday 22nd March 2010. At the end of the voting week, the ten entries with the most votes will be reviewed by our team of judges who will select their five favourite entries. During Easter Week the five remaining couples will take part in a live final in Kildare Village to decide who will win the luxury wedding.

What are you waiting for? Take the plunge. Log on to www.wedding.kildarevillage.com today. G’luck!!

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Bootee-ful Hens!

Ciara Crossan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:00:37 +0000

This months competition is courtesy of Boo TeeShirts – personalized t-shirts for hen parties. You can win a custom designed t-shirt for the bride and 9 of her friends simply by telling us how your G2B proposed in the comments! (click on the link above to add a comment) We will pick a winner and announce it in next months newsletter. If you haven’t already signed up to get your monthly wedding fix, you can do so in the pink box on the right —–>>

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WIN! A 5 Star Break in Kilkenny!

Ciara Crossan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:33:14 +0000

The prizes just keep getting better and better here at WeddingDates.ie! And boy, oh boy you aren’t gonna want to miss this!!

This month, enter our competition and you could relax and indulge yourself at the prestigious Mount Juliet in Kilkenny with an overnight stay for two people, B&B with a complimentary dinner at one of the estate’s award winning restaurant’s. But that’s not all! Your prize also includes an activity of choice from Angling to Equestrian, Golf, Archery, Clay Shooting or for those of you who prefer a more modest pace why not check out the myriad of treatments available at the Spa where trained therapists will be delighted to advise you on all aspects of health and beauty care. The Mount Juliet Leisure and Health Centre, which is fully equipped with swimming pool,sauna, steam room and gym is complimentary to all guests.

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win this super-fantastic prize is watch the video walkthrough of the Mount Juliet wedding venue below and send the answer the simple question to competitions@weddingdates.ie

Question: What is the name of Mount Juliet’s famous Golf Course?

Send your name, address and answer to competitions@weddingdates.ie!

UPDATE: 24th November – Ann Beatty answered correctly and is the lucky winner of this prize. Well done Ann and enjoy!

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Real Life Proposal Story – Opposite Schmopposite

Ciara Crossan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:00:49 +0000

The winner of our fabulous competition of a weekend break in Whelyn Lodges in Castletownbere is Bronagh Woods. She clearly put some effort into her entry and it gave us a good chuckle here in the office – a deserving winner I think you’ll agree!

He treks mountains, I lie in the sun
I chat with the girls, he goes for a run
He plays footie while I read a book
He likes to eat but never to cook
He’s placid and calm; I’m up to high dough
I like to relax, he’s get up and go
He’d hunt, shoot and fish, I feed the birds
I talk for Ireland; he’s a man of few words
His hero’s Rambo, mine’s Bridget Jones
I always text but he always phones
I like to party, he likes us two
He’s into curries, mine’s Irish stew!
He lies in bed, I’m up at dawn
He finds Newsline riveting – it’s such a yawn
Do you think as a couple we’re poles apart?
It’s really quite simple – he’s stolen my heart
He lights up my life when he walks through the door
Catches my eye ‘cross a heaving dance floor
He holds my hand when I’m scared or afraid
Saying he loves me, doesn’t need said!
I‘ll love him forever, my No.1 man
He makes me laugh, as only he can
Big wedding or small, I’ll be his wife
I’ll stay with this man to the end of my life.

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Win Your Wedding in Galway!

Ciara Crossan — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:33:03 +0000

One of our venues here on weddingdates.ie is the Claregalway Hotel just outside Galway city. They have just announced a VERY special promotion, so anyone wanting to get married in the Galway area – sit up and listen!

The Claregalway Hotel are sponsoring the Galway Club Championships and to celebrate are looking for “The Perfect Match” - the prize is a €20,000 Dream Wedding!!

The Claregalway Hotel, one the most popular Galway wedding venues is now live on WeddingDates.ie and you can check their availability for your chosen wedding date.

To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, they are inviting couples, young and old, engaged or betrothed to get involved. All you have to do is fill in an application form on their website. The final 6 couples in the competition at the end of the championship in October will then be invited to attend a live final in the hotel to battle it out for the coveted prize of the wedding of their dreams – courtesy of the Claregalway Hotel!

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Bride poking – Ireland’s newest craze?!

Ciara Crossan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:00:17 +0000

There are currently over 400,000 people in Ireland registered to Facebook and over a million users of Bebo on this fair isle, so we know there’s plenty of you out there who like poking each other and tagging photos! I have recently come across a brand new site to apply the wonder of social networking to wedding couples. This is already hugely popular in America as it allows brides & grooms-to-be to share all of their plans with the people in their lives.

My Wedding File is an all-Irish company that offers couples a free wedding website when they register. Similar to the likes of Facebook and bebo, it allows you to create your own wedding page with details on how you met, the engagement, google maps to give guests directions, all of your wedding event details (rehearsal dinner etc), introduce the wedding party to the other guests, upload photos yourself, or allow guests to upload photos after the big day, a guestbook and a countdown clock to when you tie the knot!

As a bonus for this month, if you register (it’s free, so why not?) before Friday 13th February, you will be entered into a draw to win a honeymoon! The lucky couple will stay in the luxury 4 star hotel, Caol Ishka, in the beautiful Siracusa, Sicily. Direct flights, transfers and 7 nights luxury accommodation are included in the prize.

All you have to do is visit My Wedding File and register to be included in the draw. The winning couple will be announced on Valentine’s Day Feb 14th, 2009.

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