Ruaidhri talks about his vision of the Wife Carrying Trip – this is the guy who plans to find a wife to carry as we cross Europe!!

Set by the International Wife Carrying Competition Rules Commitee, here are the Rules of Wife Carrying.  My favourite is #5 – all participants must have fun!

The Rules of Wife Carrying

The length of the official track is 253.5 meters, and the surface of the track is partially sand, partially grass and partially gravel.
The track has two read more…

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GETTING CARRIED AWAY IN FINLAND!
Irish Team travels to Wife Carrying World Championships
Cork, Ireland –  Teams from around the world are travelling to Finland next week to represent their countries in one of the most unusual competitions in the land known as Wife Carrying.   A small town read more…

Straight from the official Wife Carrying Website, here are the expert tips on how wife carrying is good for your relationship!  You’ll find the wife carrying enthusiasts all over the world –  They are strong men and tenacious women.  Most of these easy-going people seem to be characterised by placidity and happiness.  Of course, with read more…

YES!! It’s true!  Ireland will be competing in the World Cup this summer!  Well, not exactly.  The World Cup in South Africa won’t be seeing any Irish team, but  the World Wife Carrying Championships in Finland sure will!!

We participated last year and won 3rd place in the relay race and “Most Entertaining Couple” in the read more…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…