Caoilfhionn & David had been all smiles each second of their Mount Druid marriage ceremony and it’s no shock why: their purpose was to make a day that matched their life – vibrant and enjoyable! The consequence? A vibrant, summer time festival-style marriage ceremony celebration bursting with pleasure from morning to nighttime… as evidenced within the fantastic pictures by Daven Casey under. With an inclusive ceremony, a BBQ marriage ceremony feast, surprises for visitors, and an epic disco dance celebration, that is one lovely day.
First issues first, let’s get to know our beautiful actual marriage ceremony couple a bit higher, lets? Bride Caoilfhionn hails from Leixlip whereas Groom David grew up in Wicklow. They’re each presently dwelling on David’s farm in Drumree, Co. Meath.
The couple met at a birthday celebration whereas they had been each nonetheless in secondary faculty. Caoilfhionn fills us in on their lovestory. “We met at my pal Sophie’s 18th Birthday celebration in Kilcloon, Co. Meath. David was a last-minute addition to the visitor checklist having overheard the celebration speak on their faculty bus. What’s humorous about our ‘how-we-meet’ story is what number of stars needed to align for it to come back about. David was initially introduced up in Wicklow however moved to Meath when the household purchased a brand new farm. He then began faculty in Castleknock School. As the brand new boy on the bus, Sophie kindly prolonged an invite to her 18th Birthday in October of 2012. Unbeknownst to both of them, Sophie had already planted the seed that will blossom into the long-standing relationship we now have at the moment. I can keep in mind sooner or later in class being instructed concerning the new boy on the bus – with Sophie remarking that he was ‘simply Caoilfhionn’s kind’!!”
“Roll on the 18th birthday celebrations and the drinks had been flowing. Each of us had been blissfully unaware of one another, it wasn’t till the nighttime that David caught my eye and I assumed “he appears good-looking sufficient to kiss tonight!” assuming it could simply be a once-off kiss and nothing extra. So, I casually approached David on the dancefloor and commenced to speak… We talked for what felt like a lifetime and ended up having loads of spectators for our first kiss! David did not fairly catch my title and when quizzed by among the different celebration visitors he referred to as me Keely-cakes which caught with him for a few years after!”
After that evening, Caoilfhionn assumed she would by no means hear from him once more, however David discovered her on Fb and the 2 started to speak. They clicked immediately and that was the beginning of it. One evening, with slightly little bit of liquid braveness, Caoilfhionn grew to become impatient and determined to ask David why he hadn’t requested her on a date but which prompted their first date to the cinema in 2013!
After courting for nearly 10 years, it wasn’t precisely a secret how badly Caoilfhionn needed to get engaged. In September they booked a visit to Paris for December 2022. Instantly after reserving it, Caoilfhionn realised that Paris at Christmas was harmful… everybody would expect a proposal so she rapidly dominated it out telling David and everybody else that he couldn’t “piggyback” on her journey and suggest in Paris as a result of he hadn’t performed an element in organising the journey. She didn’t need it to appear as if she had orchestrated her personal engagement.
On David’s aspect he knew that the time was approaching to suggest. He had visited Caoilfhionn’s dad and mom in November asking for his or her permission however hadn’t specified when he was going to do it. The week that they had been flying to Paris David determined it was taking place now so he referred to as Caoilfhionn’s sister Aoibhinn and requested her to assist him select a hoop.
At 5:30am that morning the 2 rose to make their strategy to the airport. To keep away from suspicion, David had determined to cover the ring in his sports activities bag however first, he wanted to switch it from his work bag the place it had been earlier. With Caoilfhionn diligently standing over his shoulder he couldn’t discover the fitting alternative so he waited till she was within the taxi earlier than claiming he had forgotten to pack his e-book and ran again to make the swap. Once they arrived in Paris, that night they went for dinner and to a Christmas market and Caoilfhionn thought if it was ever going to occur it could have been on the Ferris wheel that night. When it didn’t occur she made her peace with the truth that it wouldn’t be taking place on this journey. David nevertheless had different plans.
The subsequent morning they bought up and went for breakfast earlier than taking a stroll down the Champs-Elysees. They took a stroll right down to the Eiffel Tower the place they’d deliberate a lunch-time boat cruise down the seine, David sweating the complete method down as Caoilfhionn tried to tug him into jewelry retailers (Dior and Tiffany) to indicate him rings she would love! Compounding this was David skillfully attempting to maintain Caoilfhionn away from the ring in his coat pocket, a spot Caoilfhionn would usually put her hand in whereas they had been strolling in order that they may maintain fingers within the chilly!
They arrived at a park throughout from the Eiffel Tower and David steered they sit down on a bench as they’d a while. Once they sat, David turned to Caoilfhionn and began to say ‘I’ve a query to ask you…’ Caoilfhionn was nonetheless so unaware of what was taking place at this stage that she sarcastically replied ‘What’s for dinner?’ and began to chortle however David’s face was so severe. He proposed in French in entrance of the Eiffel Tower and Caoilfhionn bought so nervous she couldn’t cease speaking! However in fact, she stated sure and it was good. Comme c’est doux!
As soon as engaged, the couple began planning their day with two principal priorities – good meals, and good music. The bride tells, ” One was the meals as a result of we’re huge foodies! We weren’t eager on the meat & two veg model menus so we went with a BBQ and our venue makes use of loads of home-grown produce which implies it’s all of phenomenal high quality! We cherished how rapidly everybody bought ate up the day because of the buffet-style BBQ, this extra relaxed strategy was precisely what we had needed and inspired individuals to maneuver across the room extra freely.”
“One other certainly one of our high priorities was the band – and it took loads of trawling by means of! We needed somebody who matched our style in music and we couldn’t have been happier with our alternative. Jo comes proper down into the celebration together with your visitors and actually creates a tremendous environment – they even play a number of songs earlier than the primary dance to get everyone on the ground – it was good!”.
The couple additionally needed to create a marriage that matched their life – vibrant and enjoyable! “We needed one thing that resembled a summer time backyard celebration / pageant and that mirrored our lives and our personalities. We needed everybody to really feel laid again – visitor expertise was crucial, and simply have essentially the most enjoyable doable.”
And the right spot for his or her relaxed, festival-style marriage ceremony bash? The fantastic, vintage-chic Mount Druid in Co. Westmeath. “We went to view simply 5/6 venues as a result of we had been very acutely aware of turning into overwhelmed if we had an excessive amount of alternative. Our authentic intention was to have the marriage on David’s farm however after trying into it, some great benefits of having an on-site venue coordinator grew to become obvious. With the quantity of visitors we deliberate on having we determined it could be too tough to handle the venue setup ourselves and realised that if something was required or something went fallacious on the day it could fall to us to problem-solve. Nonetheless, this undoubtedly helped us to slim down our venue search. We then determined we didn’t need a lodge marriage ceremony and we knew we needed one thing enjoyable, and outside if doable, within the countryside. I at all times needed a ‘pageant’ vibe so locations that had uncommon lodging for our visitors had been excessive on the checklist. Once we went to Mount Druid we completely cherished the group of sisters that run the present down there and after we walked into one of many yurts they’ve on-site with the range lit, all the things was so cosy, we knew this was the entrance runner. Such an uncommon however enjoyable expertise for our visitors! What actually sealed the deal for David was attempting the pizzas on the restaurant owned by the identical group in Castletown Geoghegan village! It was so scrumptious and Mount Druid have a pizza oven on web site to supply the identical scrumptious pizzas for the day 2 of your marriage ceremony.”
Surrounded by her bridesmaids, Caoilfhionn bought marriage ceremony prepared with make-up artist Sinead Murphy and bridal hair by Emma Stafford earlier than slipping into her Lillian West Fashion robe with an overskirt by Madam Burcu.
Her dreamy robe was a match and flare model that includes a daring plunging V-neck, a sheer bodice accented with phantasm aspect insets and a V-back. Sequined and beaded appliqués additionally characteristic and are blended with 3D laser minimize chiffon appliqués that floated all through the robe. The overskirt by Madam Burcu was an additional addition and the appliques on the overskirt had been hand-stitched by Margaret from the bridal boutique Brummell & Co.
Finishing her bridal look, Caoilfhionn wore dainty bow Be Mine heels from ASOS, jewelry from One Dame Lane, and dainty gold hair clips from Etsy.
On 03rd June 2024 the pair stated ‘I do’ on the venue’s very personal Tin Chapel – an “unconsecrated” chapel offering an intimate, different and quaint ceremony house nestled among the many pine timber on web site. Caoilfhionn walked down the aisle to Nervous by John Legend encompass by their 155 marriage ceremony visitors.
Hitched by Connie officiated the ceremony who the couple communicate extremely of. “Our celebrant Connie additionally carried out essentially the most superb poem illustrating our love story, it was certainly one of our favorite elements of the entire day! It was so personalised to us that folks thought we had written it ourselves.”
Making certain their ceremony was inclusive for all their visitors, the couple included an indication language interpreter. “David has members of the family who’re onerous of listening to and deaf so for them to have the ability to take part absolutely within the day with using our fabulous interpreter was very particular.”
Exterior their Tin Chapel ceremony, visitors had been greeted by a tractor – a nod to the groom’s farming household. “Having the tractor as a part of the day was such a enjoyable aspect – our visitors cherished the novelty of it and everybody was getting footage with it!”
David seemed extremely dapper in his marriage ceremony day look all from Patrick Sheary. The groomsmen wore sharp rental fits from Tango’s Costume Rent.
The bridesmaids and bridesman complimented the color palette of the day completely in champagne robes from Six Tales and a beige swimsuit from ASOS.
On the reception, the couple went for a a summer time backyard pageant vibe and florist and stylist Laura from Wild Feather Blooms stuffed the house with lush summer time blooms flowers, disco balls & vibrant desk décor. “She was such a professional all we actually needed to do was give her a imaginative and prescient board after which we put our belief in her completely. Truthfully the décor was phenomenal and it turned out even higher than we might have imagined!”
Making use of Canva, Caoilfhionn designed the on the day paper items together with signage, programme design, desk numbers & place playing cards. The bride additionally made marriage ceremony welcome luggage for any visitors who had been staying within the on-site yurts which had been full of customised bottles of water, do-it-yourself ‘hangover kits’, crisps, customized packaged ‘his & her favorite’ snacks and a thanks observe with a QR code to a digital album for visitors to add their photographs to.
An audio visitor e-book and Champagne tower had been must-haves, and the pair additionally had a crisp wall – a nod to the bride’s household’s love of crisps.
The couple’s all-white marriage ceremony cake by All Good Issues additionally leaned into the pageant vibe with vibrant blooms and mini disco ball decorations.
The bride and groom had their first dance to Perpetually by Chris Brown. “It doesn’t appear to be a primary dance track initially however it actually labored for us”, the bride tells.
Trying again on their day the couple say, “it was truthfully the very best day of our lives – we shared it with so many particular individuals from household & associates to distributors. The day was relaxed, vibrant and emotional. We had a lot enjoyable and our visitors all did too – we felt a lot love from everybody and our love for one another was so obvious. The climate held up so nicely too so our summer time BBQ backyard celebration actually got here to life!”
After planning such an epic celebration, the couple have this recommendation for different {couples} presently within the planning course of, “The method goes by so quick – attempt to take all of it in and check out to not get too careworn when issues go fallacious. Choose a number of parts which can be most essential to you and give attention to them, make fast gut-based selections about all the things else. The trickiest half was selecting the aesthetic however when you’ve chosen one simply go for it!”
Two weeks after their marriage ceremony, Caoilfhionn & David jetted off to Portugal. “It was undoubtedly wanted! Just a few house to ourselves to chill out and debrief about all the things was so good. It makes the ‘Simply Married’ bubble final slightly bit longer.”
Wasn’t Caoilfhionn & David’s Mount Druid marriage ceremony simply so enjoyable! There may be a lot nice inspiration for these planning a relaxed, festival-style marriage ceremony. A particular thanks to Daven Casey for the fantastic pictures, you may see much more within the gallery under.
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