Wedding of the week: Three's the magic number when your daughter is flowergirl

Mags Kelly and Billy Walsh looked amazing for their wedding — but little Fiadh Rose Walsh is the star of the day

Sat, 14 May, 2022 - 06:01

Eve Kelliher

A mountaintop — more specifically, the highest point in counties Cavan and Fermanagh — was the perfect setting for Mags Kelly and Billy Walsh's engagement.

Mags Kelly and Billy Walsh with Catherine Clifton, Susan Kelly, Jonathan Keane and Danny Brosnan

Mags and Billy’s paths had first crossed, at ground level, five years before, and 300km southwest — in his native County Kerry, at ladies' day at the Listowel Races in 2014.

"Billy is a big fan of the races and I'm more a girl that likes to get dressed up for the day," says Mags.

And they were on cloud nine when he popped the question. “We got engaged on October 26, 2019, on top of Cuilcagh mountain in Cavan,” says Mags.

Mags Kelly and Billy Walsh got married at St Patrick's Church in Tournafulla

The bride, from The Commons, Tournafulla, Co Limerick, and groom, from Tarmons West, Moyvane, were married in St Patrick’s Church, Tournafulla.

The wedding of Mags Kelly and Billy Walsh — with Fiadh Rose Walsh as flowergirl

The couple’s daughter, Fiadh Rose Walsh, enjoyed taking centre stage as their flower girl.

Accompanying her up the aisle was father-of-the-bride, James Kelly.

James together with Mags's mother, Kathleen, of Tournafulla, and Billy's parents, Mary and Liam Walsh, Tarbert, led the celebrations at the reception, in the Devon Inn Hotel, Templeglantine, County Limerick.

The bride looked super-elegant in a wedding dress sourced in Áibhéil boutique in Adare, County Limerick.

Mags had the support of her sisters, Catherine Clifton and Susan Kelly, as bridesmaids, while Billy's friend, Jonathan Keane, and friend and cousin, Danny Brosnan, were his groomsmen.

The 15th-century tower house Glenquin Castle was one of the backdrops for their wedding photoshoot, with Ian Cronin, award-winning photographer, behind the lens.