WEDDING CEREMONIES

Wedding Ceremonies

I am a legal Solemniser and can conduct the legal end of your ceremony 7 days per week, and in all 32 counties of Ireland. My ceremonies are created with you, to include all of the elements that reflect who you are as a couple. Your values, traditions and beliefs are held and celebrated in your wedding ceremony. My warmth, professionalism, and inclusivity of everyone is guaranteed to bring a welcoming and meaningful atsmosphere to your wedding day.

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Celtic Handfasting

Handfasting is one of the oldest wedding rituals in Ireland, and it is where we get the saying "Tying the Knot". It is becoming more popular, as couples want to use traditional wedding customs in their ceremonies.

It is a lovely way to include family members and friends as part of the ceremony. You can use different materials to form your cord, and guests can add different coloured cords to yours to represent their blessings for your successful marriage.

Red = passion, strenght, lust, fertility

Orange = encouragement, attraction, kindness, plenty

Yellow = charm, confidence, joy, balance

Green = finances, fertility, charity, prosperity

Blue = tranquility, patience, devotion, sincerity

Purple = power, sentimentality, sanctity

Black = strenght, wisdom, vision, success

White = purity, concentration, meditation, peace

Gray = neutrality, canceling, balance

Pink = unity, honour, truth, romance, happiness

Brown = earth, grounding, talent, home

Silver = treasure, values, creativity, inspiration

Gold = energy, wealth, intelligence, longevity

This is a really unique ceremony enhancement to include. Before your big day, you both write a letter to each other in private. You can include anything in your letter; your hopes and dreams for the future, the reasons you fell in love, funny or memorable stories of your time together up to now. Bring your letters to your ceremony along with your favourite bottle of wine/whiskey/non-alcoholic beverage and place them in a box during the ceremony. The wine box should be opened on your 1-year anniversary where you will read each other’s letters while enjoying a glass of wine or whatever you have chosen. You can then write another love note to each other and pop another bottle back in the box and open on each anniversary. However, if your marriage hits a stumbling block and you need to be reminded of your love for one another, open it some evening and all the reasons you are together will come back to you and it will remind you of the commitment you made to each other through good times and bad. This is usually included before the vows and rings are exchanged.

Unity Candle

A Unity Candle ceremony is a beautiful addition to a ceremony, it symbolises the joining of both families through the medium of light.

The two outer candles represent the couple's lives before their wedding, it is lit by members of each family to signify the light passed to the couple from their families.

The couple then light the Unity Candle in the centre from their family candles to represent the two families coming together.

Sand Blending

Sand Blending is a unique ceremony enhancement that represents two lives becoming one.

You can use a mix of colours to represent you as individuals and then add them layer by layer until they become blended, and can never be separated. The colours of the sand can symbolise family crests, a favourite sports team, personality traits or nationalities.

It is also a gorgeous way to include children as part of your ceremony. They can add their own coloured sand to the large container. The container is then sealed and kept as a keepsake.

Ring Warming

A ring warming ceremony is such a lovely way to include all of your guests in your ceremony! It can be done either before the ceremony begins, or during it.

A table can be set up at the entrance of your venue and as your guests arrive, they can hold your rings to warm them and make a wish for you both.

During the ceremony, your rings can be passed around to each guest and they can hold the m and give you well wishes.

Oathing Stone

The Oathing Stone is an old Celtic tradition where the couple put their hands on the stone while saying their wedding vows.

This is where we get the saying "Set in Stone" and it is such a powerful addition to a ceremony.

The couple can use a stone from anywhere - a favourite beach or walking spot, this couple picked the stone from right outside the building on Lahinch beach and wrote their initials and their children's initials on them with the date. It is said that if the stone comes from near water the couple is said to be more binding.

After the ceremony the couple can keep their stone and put a varnish on it or they can keep to Celtic tradition and release the stone back to it's natural elements.