My Wedding Day with Emma O'Hagan: It was very much a community event — we bartered for a lot of things!

Emma O'Hagan and her husband Kevin O'Reilly wanted their wedding to be as sustainable as possible, so they made all the decorations themselves

Emma O'Hagan: 'After the ceremony, we had the drinks reception. We had a few alpacas on the day, and people were able to walk with them and have their photos taken with them.'

We got married on September 5, 2025. The year before I was organising a National Trail Conference in Leitrim in Drumhierney Woodland Hideaway. 

During the conference myself and Kevin went for a walk in the woods there, and we said “why don’t we get married here?” We went to the receptionist and asked could we get married there and they said they were thinking of turning themselves into a wedding venue in the future.