Wedding of the week: Landmarks and significant birthdays in Emma and Tom's romance

The father of the bride travelled 15,000 kilometres to get to her wedding; and the wedding party travelled in style in Emma’s mother’s restored Mini

Emma-Louise O'Brien and Thomas Barry. Pictures: James Sullivan

They discovered they had chemistry during a physics class and Emma-Louise (Emma) O’Brien and Thomas (Tom) Barry recently exchanged vows. 

Emma, originally from Cheshire, in Britain, and now living in Clashmore, Co Waterford, and Tom from Lismore, County Waterford, met during their days at Blackwater Community School in Lismore, and started going out on Emma’s 18th birthday.