My Wedding Day with Emma Barry Murphy: 'It wouldn’t have been me if I didn’t do some exercises'

Barre instructor Emma Barry Murphy says her wedding day was relaxed, fun, and featured a few exercises

Emma Barry Murphy and her husband Cian on their wedding day. Picture: SOSAC (Shane O'Sullivan Photography).

We got married on May 23, 2025 in Ballyseede Castle in Tralee, Co Kerry. We had the ceremony and the reception there. It was the only venue we viewed. When we booked our wedding, we were very much in the middle of every second person in our group getting engaged, so everyone was viewing all these different venues. It’s not like we wanted to avoid a venue that friends picked, but I suppose we did want to go somewhere different.

We’d bought a house and were planning on moving into it in May that year too, so it was all go. The fact that the team at Ballyseede were so hands-on and helpful meant we didn’t get overwhelmed with the wedding planning.