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A Childhood Dream Come True

“When I was a young girl my parents to took a trip to Ireland to explore my mother’s Irish heritage. They came back telling stories of a beautiful country and culture. They also could not stop talking about a beautiful wedding they saw take place at Dromoland Castle. From that moment on, my fascination with Ireland and the Dromoland Estate began. The possibility of having a destination wedding became a reality when I met the love of my life, Jose. Early on in my relationship with Jose, he would joke about how he wanted our future wedding to take place
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Categories: Beautiful Bridal Wear, Effortless Entertaining, Inspirational Ideas, Irish Castle Wedding, Photography Perfection, Real Life Romances, Stress-Free Planning, Wedding Colours and Themes, and Wedding Planner.
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An Irish Coastal Golf Resort Wedding

If you dream to marry in an elegant venue, play golf with your groomsmen, enjoy the spa with your bridesmaids, a west of Ireland coastal wedding is the location for you with its many breath taking venues including @Trumpinternational golf links & hotel!
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Categories: Delightful Decor, Effortless Entertaining, Food for your Wedding, Inspirational Ideas, Photography Perfection, Real Life Romances, Stress-Free Planning, The Legalities, Wedding Colours and Themes, and Wedding Planner.

Transporting the Grooms Attire to your Destination Wedding

As with the brides wedding dress, the groom attire needs lot of attention… especially for a destination wedding! So, if you are planning a destination wedding, some advice to ensure your attire arrives in good condition . On boarding see if hostess will hang suit bag for you to avoid having to place in overhead locker Don’t ship your attire encase it doesn’t arrive Pack your attire in an un coloured acid-free tissue paper Arrange a professional dry cleaning service close to your wedding venue to prepare your attire before the wedding If going on honeymoon nominate someone to take your
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Categories: Beautiful Bridal Wear, Groom Trend, Inspirational Ideas, Irish Castle Wedding, Photography Perfection, Real Life Romances, Stress-Free Planning, Wedding Colours and Themes, and Wedding Planner.

Groom: 10 top tips to write the perfect speech for your Dream Irish Wedding

Writing THE perfect speech doesn’t come easy to many grooms but follow these tips and you will be sure to give the speech of your life on the big day; Avoid jokes… the groom’s speech is not an opportunity for a comedy stand up Focus on your wife Say “my wife” Compliment her Keep it clean & don’t use bad language! Make eye contact Avoid lists Thank the in-laws Mention your wonderful parents Cross reference; to ensure you are not repeating what other speakers are planning to say                    
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Categories: Groom Trend, Inspirational Ideas, Irish Castle Wedding, Photography Perfection, and Stress-Free Planning.

New Colour Palette for 2014 : Romantic Coral & Navy Blue

Coral & Navy Blue is one of the new colour palettes  we are seeing for this year. It is a perfect combination for your Dream Irish Castle Wedding.                                                  
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Categories: Beautiful Bridal Wear, Delightful Decor, Effortless Entertaining, Inspirational Ideas, Irish Castle Wedding, Photography Perfection, Real Life Romances, Stress-Free Planning, Wedding Colours and Themes, and Wedding Planner.

How to get my dress safely to my destination wedding ?

It is becoming more and more common, and easier, to transport your dress by plane, train or long car journey. Plane ALWAYS carry your wedding dress in the plane as hand luggage. Here is where you can play your “wedding card” again. Call ahead of time, and ask the airline if they will reserve you a space in the closet. Most airlines have closets used by the cabin crew and they may let you hang your dress for the duration of the flight. What to do if there is no cabin space : (highly popular destination wedding spot, or budget airline)
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Categories: Stress-Free Planning and Wedding Planner.

New Colour Trend for 2014: Beautiful Coral

Coral is one of the new colours we are seeing for this year. We love the colour palette we can create with Coral including Coral & Grey, Coral & Blue Navy and… Coral & Gold which we are going to share today. They are all wonderful colour combinations for your Dream Irish Wedding in a Castle, Manor House or Coastal Haven.          
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Categories: Beautiful Bridal Wear, Delightful Decor, Effortless Entertaining, Food for your Wedding, Inspirational Ideas, Irish Castle Wedding, Stress-Free Planning, and Wedding Colours and Themes.

Preparation before booking your wedding venue

Our Founder & MD Michelle would like to share some of her tips for finding that perfect venue. Planning your wedding is exciting but so very important to get the venue right. Firstly: Take a global vision of your wedding: The season (winter, autumn, spring, summer) The day of the week Time for ceremony which will set agenda for day A guest list to establish number of guests which may attend but always allow 15-20% wash down The theme as not every venue/setting may suit your theme & style. The ceremony (religious or not, on or off site) These parameters
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Categories: Delightful Decor, Inspirational Ideas, Real Life Romances, Stress-Free Planning, and Wedding Planner.

Celtic Irish Castle Wedding

A Celtic Irish Castle Wedding We had beautiful Celtic Weddings in Irish Castles. The fairytale was created by the Dream Irish Wedding team who left no stone unturned to ensure our guests & us had a day which far outshone our wildest dreams of what our Celtic Castle Wedding would be.
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Categories: Delightful Decor, Inspirational Ideas, Real Life Romances, Stress-Free Planning, and Wedding Planner.