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#My Wedding Day

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<p>Ciara Revins and Mark O'Connell share a kiss on their wedding day.</p>

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My Wedding Day with Ciara Revins: My sister is a hairdresser so she sorted everyone’s hair — including her own

We had our wedding in Casa Santonja in Costa Blanca, Spain. We had the whole thing in the venue — a non-religious ceremony and then a party afterwards

<p>Jenny Fennessy and Dylan Kennedy on a tandem bike after their wedding ceremony.</p>

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My Wedding Day with Jenny Fennessy: To be honest, we planned the wedding around the band

<p>Joey Donnelly and Suzanne Kane's wedding</p>

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My Wedding Day with Suzanne Kane: The priest forgot to marry us. We had to go back and do it properly

My Wedding Day with Joanna Donnelly: My phone rang during the ceremony and I answered it

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My Wedding Day with Joanna Donnelly: My phone rang during the ceremony and I answered it

My Wedding Day with Joanna Cluskey: I’ve been to Dingle once in my life... to get married

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My Wedding Day with Joanna Cluskey: I’ve been to Dingle once in my life... to get married

Katie & Leon

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My Wedding Day with Leon Diop: 'Looking at my wife was the most magical moment of my life'

My Wedding Day with Maeve Madden: The rain was biblical but the party went on until morning

S My Wedding Day with Maeve Madden: The rain was biblical but the party went on until morning

The legal ceremony and the church wedding were held more than six months apart

Tue, 25 Nov, 2025

My Wedding Day with Sarah Louise Dunne: 'People were dancing on tables until 5am'

S My Wedding Day with Sarah Louise Dunne: 'People were dancing on tables until 5am'

Cormac arranged a surprise musician... people were dancing on tables till 5am

Tue, 18 Nov, 2025

My Wedding Day with Ally Garvey: It was my dream to marry abroad but Dublin made sense

S My Wedding Day with Ally Garvey: It was my dream to marry abroad but Dublin made sense

My mom gave me away, which is extra special

Tue, 11 Nov, 2025

My Wedding Day with Orla Ní Fhinneadha: 'The ceremony was as Gaeilge and my local priest married us'

S My Wedding Day with Orla Ní Fhinneadha: 'The ceremony was as Gaeilge and my local priest married us'

'We got married on February 21, 2020 — just about three weeks before the covid lockdowns'

Sat, 08 Nov, 2025

My Wedding Day with Laura Drury: ‘We met in Hollywood, so we had nods to America on the day’

S My Wedding Day with Laura Drury: ‘We met in Hollywood, so we had nods to America on the day’

We wanted to bring in notes of America into our wedding, because we met in the US

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

2022: RUTHANNE & OLLIE

S My Wedding Day with Ruthanne Cunningham: I had eight bridesmaids, which is very American

Singer RuthAnne takes her ‘Vow’ and to the sounds of very her own song

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025

My Wedding Day with Alan Hughes: 'We had two weddings, before and after the referendum'

S My Wedding Day with Alan Hughes: 'We had two weddings, before and after the referendum'

We put on shows, that’s what we do, and we literally put on one big show for our wedding day

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

Maggie & Jay

S My Wedding Day with Maggie Molloy: 'We got married in our own barn, it was like a festival'

Cheap Irish Homes presenter Maggie Molloy describes her wedding day at home in Tipperary

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

My Wedding Day with Louise Cantillon: 'We had a real Limerick wedding in every sense'

S My Wedding Day with Louise Cantillon: 'We had a real Limerick wedding in every sense'

Danny O’Reilly, from the Coronas, who was at the wedding anyway, sang our first dance song with my friend Maria. They did a beautiful cover of the Cranberries’ song Linger

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

My Wedding Day with Carl Plover: We didn't have a specific first dance — I regret that

S My Wedding Day with Carl Plover: We didn't have a specific first dance — I regret that

We got engaged after six months, and then it took another year before we got married.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

My Wedding Day with Neven Maguire: 'It was a feeling I've never forgotten'

S My Wedding Day with Neven Maguire: 'It was a feeling I've never forgotten'

"We had the ceremony in Boho, Co. Fermanagh, in what was Imelda’s local church. Boho is literally 20 minutes from where I grew up. I always joke that I shopped local for food and for love."

Sun, 07 Sep, 2025

My Wedding Day with Adrian Martin: ‘My wife was so excited The Weeknd had slept in the same hotel bedroom’

S My Wedding Day with Adrian Martin: ‘My wife was so excited The Weeknd had slept in the same hotel bedroom’

The room where we were staying that night was a beautiful suite. The Weeknd had actually stayed there once. Maria kept saying, ‘Oh my God, The Weeknd sat in this chair’, or ‘The Weeknd slept in this bed!’ It was funny

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

My Wedding Day with Ciara Doherty: 'It was everything that I had dreamed of'

S My Wedding Day with Ciara Doherty: 'It was everything that I had dreamed of'

Nobody wanted to go to bed. The only moment of the day I was sad was when I got out of my wedding dress, because I knew then that the day was finished

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

My Wedding Day with Ryan Andrews: 'My wife-to-be let me plan everything for our dream Majorca wedding'

S My Wedding Day with Ryan Andrews: 'My wife-to-be let me plan everything for our dream Majorca wedding'

"I was the planner for the Majorca wedding. Michaela said to me, “off you go”, and I planned everything"

Wed, 13 Aug, 2025

My Wedding Day with Fionnuala Moran: 'We had no less than 12 speeches'

S My Wedding Day with Fionnuala Moran: 'We had no less than 12 speeches'

Sustainability advocate Fionnuala Moran looks back on her recent wedding and reveals why they hid 140 bodhráns under the tables

Wed, 06 Aug, 2025

My Wedding Day with Alison Curtis: 'We had a house together so I asked Anton to marry me'

S My Wedding Day with Alison Curtis: 'We had a house together so I asked Anton to marry me'

My family scenario was that my parents had passed when I was a teenager, so I have a lot of aunts and uncles that had significant roles in my life, so I was trying to get them involved

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025

My Wedding Day with Andrea Mara: We did the Dirty Dancing lift — it could have gone so wrong

S My Wedding Day with Andrea Mara: We did the Dirty Dancing lift — it could have gone so wrong

We didn’t plan it or anything, I think I got carried away on the emotion of the day and I had had a glass of wine, I just ran up to Damien and he picked me up, and he didn't drop me

Wed, 23 Jul, 2025

My Wedding Day with Niamh Hogan: 'We didn’t have any rings, we got matching tattoos instead'

S My Wedding Day with Niamh Hogan: 'We didn’t have any rings, we got matching tattoos instead'

Founder of Holos Skincare Niamh Hogan married her husband Paul in 2017 in an unconventional but meaningful ceremony that celebrated their family

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

My Wedding Day with Sabina Brennan: 'We had our reception in the most beautiful room at Clontarf Castle'

S My Wedding Day with Sabina Brennan: 'We had our reception in the most beautiful room at Clontarf Castle'

Neuroscientist Sabina Brennan looks back on her 1987 wedding, which included a TV crew, a ripped dress, and a missing father-in-law

Tue, 08 Jul, 2025

My Wedding Day with Fair City's Lynseyann Mulvey-Bowe: ‘We had 50 guests — it was intimate'

S My Wedding Day with Fair City's Lynseyann Mulvey-Bowe: ‘We had 50 guests — it was intimate'

A couple on our screens in Fair City and in real life, Lynseyann Mulvey and Karl Bowe tied the knot in an intimate wedding on the Cilento Coast in Italy.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2025

My Wedding Day with Kirsten Mate Maher: I didn't worry about rain — Carlow Weather said it’ll be fine

S My Wedding Day with Kirsten Mate Maher: I didn't worry about rain — Carlow Weather said it’ll be fine

Kirsten Mate Maher, the 2018 Rose of Tralee, reflects on her wedding to Ger Butler

Tue, 24 Jun, 2025

My Wedding Day with Ruth McIlroy: 'The day of our wedding was the first time we saw the venue'

S My Wedding Day with Ruth McIlroy: 'The day of our wedding was the first time we saw the venue'

"I ended up having to get my dress made, which meant I didn't get the whole experience of shopping for a wedding dress — but because I was having a dress made, I focused very much on it being comfortable."

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

My Wedding Day with Bonnie Ryan: 'We had a Jameson stand, the whiskey my dad loved'

S My Wedding Day with Bonnie Ryan: 'We had a Jameson stand, the whiskey my dad loved'

For the wedding we were trying to keep it as small as possible, but then you start going through numbers, and the next minute, you’re way past the 100 mark

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

My Wedding Day with Rita Talty: 'I had seven bridesmaids, and Dáithí had the same on his side'

S My Wedding Day with Rita Talty: 'I had seven bridesmaids, and Dáithí had the same on his side'

'I had been a bridesmaid in all my friends’ weddings, so I just felt like I wanted to do the same here'

Tue, 03 Jun, 2025

My Wedding Day with Seán Mistéal: 'People thought we were mad not having a table plan, but everyone mingled'

S My Wedding Day with Seán Mistéal: 'People thought we were mad not having a table plan, but everyone mingled'

On the morning of the wedding, my father pulled back the curtains and calmly said, “It’s a fine day to get married.” The weather gods smiled on us

Tue, 27 May, 2025

My Wedding Day with Helena O'Toole: 'I always wanted to be married in a castle — we settled for castle-adjacent'

S My Wedding Day with Helena O'Toole: 'I always wanted to be married in a castle — we settled for castle-adjacent'

I had a male of honour too, Mikey, who’s been my best friend for 30 years

Tue, 20 May, 2025

My Wedding Day with Julie Jay and Fred Cooke: 'There were biblical obstacles'

S My Wedding Day with Julie Jay and Fred Cooke: 'There were biblical obstacles'

'We did have a good laugh, but I was thinking if it didn’t work out, I would look back and think there were a lot of red flags before that wedding'

Tue, 13 May, 2025

My Wedding Day with Orla McAndrew: 'I didn’t make a speech but I would if I were doing it again'

S My Wedding Day with Orla McAndrew: 'I didn’t make a speech but I would if I were doing it again'

One of my lasting memories of the day was when I came into the church and Steve didn’t see me coming down the aisle, as he was so involved with our little girl, who’d just come in before me

Wed, 07 May, 2025

My Wedding Day with Catherine FitzGerald and Dominic West: 'There were 350 guests in the end'

S My Wedding Day with Catherine FitzGerald and Dominic West: 'There were 350 guests in the end'

I had been trying to keep the guest list down but Dominic kept inviting more and more people. We just love parties and getting everybody together.

Tue, 29 Apr, 2025

My Wedding Day with Brian Redmond: 'Our anthem for the first dance was Maniac 2000'

S My Wedding Day with Brian Redmond: 'Our anthem for the first dance was Maniac 2000'

"I asked Jen to marry me about 18 months beforehand, and we’d been together maybe another 18 months before that"

Tue, 22 Apr, 2025

My Wedding Day with Gina Daly: 'I thought I had bad morning sickness, but I had an ectopic pregnancy'

S My Wedding Day with Gina Daly: 'I thought I had bad morning sickness, but I had an ectopic pregnancy'

About nine weeks before the wedding I found out I was pregnant. I got really, really sick one day. I thought I had really bad morning sickness, but I actually had an ectopic pregnancy

Tue, 15 Apr, 2025

Shell & Ian

S My Wedding Day with Shell Holden: We married on Gold Cup day to remember my dad in a fun way

My dad passed away six years ago, and he was very much my pal. We wanted to make him part of our decision-making for the day

Tue, 08 Apr, 2025

My Wedding Day with Sinead Culbert: 'We left 40 Irish, English and Dutch people in a wine bar in Rome'

S My Wedding Day with Sinead Culbert: 'We left 40 Irish, English and Dutch people in a wine bar in Rome'

We left 40 Irish, English and Dutch people in a wine bar. By the time we got back, let’s just say everyone could speak fluent Dutch, even my 101-year-old grandmother

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

My Wedding Day with Jenny McCarthy: ‘I had brain surgery and I got married in the same year'

S My Wedding Day with Jenny McCarthy: ‘I had brain surgery and I got married in the same year'

"November 7 was the only time that fit and I had free — he had to book an appointment with me to get married"

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025

My Wedding Day with Glenda Gilson: 'I thought I was going to vomit on the altar'

S My Wedding Day with Glenda Gilson: 'I thought I was going to vomit on the altar'

"About halfway through, I had a little mini panic attack. I thought I was going to get sick, and I felt too hot, but it just passed, and I was fine. For one minute though I thought I was going to vomit on the altar."

Tue, 18 Mar, 2025

My Wedding Day with Laura O'Mahony: We asked guests to bring a cake — you'd be allergic

S My Wedding Day with Laura O'Mahony: We asked guests to bring a cake — you'd be allergic

Comedian and podcast co-host Laura O'Mahony looks back on her 2012 wedding

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

My Wedding Day with Louis Copeland: 'It was black-tie, we got all the suits from my shop'

S My Wedding Day with Louis Copeland: 'It was black-tie, we got all the suits from my shop'

"My wife looked lovely in her wedding dress, but back then, there wasn’t as much emphasis on the bride’s dress as there is now. So it would have been simple but elegant. She had two bridesmaids — her sister Pauline and my sister Jackie."

Tue, 04 Mar, 2025

My Wedding Day with Clare McKenna: 'I remember looking in the mirror — I couldn't believe it was me'

S My Wedding Day with Clare McKenna: 'I remember looking in the mirror — I couldn't believe it was me'

"I was just standing still because somebody had given me the advice to take it in, it’ll all go in a flash..."

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

My Wedding Day: Arthur Gourounlian — 'I was a bridezilla, but our wedding was just incredible'

S My Wedding Day: Arthur Gourounlian — 'I was a bridezilla, but our wedding was just incredible'

I remember talking in Brian's ear saying ‘why are you doing this to me?’. He was walking on my feet, but I think he was just nervous, you know. But it was a lovely, gentle, cute dance.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2025

The Wedding of Mairead Farrell to Louis Ronan

S My Wedding Day: Mairead Ronan looks back on her 'perfect' wedding to Louis

My Wedding Day: 'The one thing about the day was I hated my wedding dress. I didn't enjoy shopping for the dress either. None of them suited me and none of them worked on me.'

Sat, 25 Jan, 2025