Actual marriage ceremony couple Eibhlín & Édouard’s marriage ceremony day proves that Eire could not be extra good for a romantic and trendy celebration. The pair who stay in Paris hosted an epic marriage ceremony weekend in stunning County Monaghan—bringing all their family members collectively to share of their trendy union at Hilton Park. Ciara Cassidy of Images by Ciara captured this glorious celebration, crammed with effortlessly cool French-Lady type, the prettiest florals, two lovebirds who’re head over heels in love, and the hospitality that Eire is thought for. Scroll on to see extra…
Our trendy Bride Eibhlín hails from Monaghan, Eire and her equally trendy groom Édouard is French. They each at the moment stay in Paris the place their love story first started. Eibhlín kindly shares the story of how they got here to be. “In a bar in Paris quickly after I moved there, my French wasn’t good on the time so he needed to converse in English, which is humorous wanting again now. I used to be occurring vacation the subsequent day so we solely noticed one another correctly a month later after I acquired again… and the remaining is historical past!”
All of the stationery for the celebration was designed by the proficient bride. “I studied graphic design so I did all the things myself. I purchased good paper and envelopes from GF Smith and printed them on the printer in work.”
And the proposal story? “It was very low-key, no Eiffel Tower concerned! We at all times do a Christmas dinner the place we alternate items earlier than we each head residence to have a good time Christmas with our households. We spend the day cooking up a beautiful dinner which is common a mixture of each Irish and French Christmas with good meals and wine. In France, items are exchanged between essential course and dessert, so Edouard gave me my present, which was all pretty after which he was like, wait, there’s additionally this envelope below the tree… I opened it and he had written ‘veux-tu m’épouser?’ (will you marry me?). Edouard was coming to Eire with me for Christmas so we acquired to announce the information in particular person just a few days later, which was pretty.”
Eibhlín & Édouard formally tied the knot in Paris (take a look at the bride’s unbelievable Alexander McQueen go well with which she donned for his or her French ceremony right here!) in July with their two households and a few shut mates. In September, that they had a low-key ceremony in Eire the place they exchanged marriage ceremony rings and had a brilliant trendy nation home hooley with 120 of their nearest and dearest.
And the right venue for his or her Irish celebration? The wildly romantic, fantastically restored, unique rent Hilton Park nation home in Co. Monaghan which they discovered through One Fab Day.
Eibhlín tells us extra about their venue selection. “We each needed the marriage to be in Eire. Hilton Park is close to my household residence which made it excellent and the truth that they have been so open to us doing it the way in which we needed. We had initially been pondering of spring 2023 however Hilton Park solely had 2 dates left in 2022, so we went for the September date and acquired organizing ASAP! We hadn’t needed an extended engagement and organizing it over just a few months was completely tremendous.”
When it got here to the look and the texture they needed to create, Eibhlín says, “Hilton Park is such a lovely venue that it did all of the work! After I consider the marriage, I consider the home. With that in thoughts, we needed to maintain it easy and chic (as cliché as that’s). It was about eliminating the fuss and making it really feel extra like us.”
After a jolly good hooley the evening earlier than within the native pub Annie McGinn’s, the couple and their company gathered for the ceremony at Hilton Park. Eibhlín reminices, “It was superb to have all our company arriving in Annie McGinn’s on Friday evening, half of whom had come from France and have been experiencing Eire for the primary time!”
Though the couple had already had their authorized ceremony in Paris just a few months prior, their Irish ceremony was additionally crammed with significant moments. Eibhlín says, “As a substitute of an official ceremony, we did the speeches at this level which have been made up of a speech by dad, poem by my mum, Edouard’s mother and father mentioned just a few phrases and his brother’s translated, one of the best man did a tune and my sisters wrote a poem for us.”
“That was the enjoyment of getting the speeches because the ceremony, everybody did it in their very own means. I did love my sisters poem, it was very humorous. My mum learn a marriage blessing from John O’Donohue’s Benedictus and Edouard’s greatest man sang All of my Life by Kevin Morby.”
After the shifting speeches, poems and songs, the couple stepped as much as alternate their vows, and their marriage ceremony rings from Whitebird in Paris. “Final however not least was myself and Edouard, after which we exchanged rings. The ceremony was bilingual so my buddy Michael did MC, switching between English and French and myself and Edouard did our speeches switching between the two languages. It was a beautiful option to begin the day with some tears, laughs and plenty of romance!”
The ceremony was adopted by canapés and celebratory champagne in Hilton Park home. “It lashed rain outdoors, so Hilton Park was the right venue. Very cosy!”
No marriage ceremony could possibly be imagined with out the bride and groom’s sartorial selections for the day—and each Eibhlín’s marriage ceremony robe and Édouard’s customized go well with spoke to each little bit of their persona and imaginative and prescient. For Eibhlín, a modern robe by Emilia Wickstead with a customized prime by Leanne Keogh was her bridal choix du jour. She got here throughout the costume through a well timed search on Farfetch.”It was the final in my measurement so I went for it. I had appeared in bridal shops in Paris however I favored the simplicity. Leanne Keogh made me a prime to go along with it that I wore for the ceremony.”
Eibhlín accomplished her bridal look with low Prada heels, a pearl Simone Rocha bag, and up to date pearl earrings from Alighieri.
The type stakes have been excessive, however the dapper groom was to not be outshone. Édouard wore a slick inexperienced go well with which was tailored for the groom at L’apiéceur in Paris.
The beautiful powder blue bridesmaid attire have been sourced from Self-Portrait.
Of what impressed their trendy, but romantic marriage ceremony aesthetic, the bride says, “The venue was most likely the most important inspiration, I had that it thoughts and went from there. I additionally began a folder with any images, flower and so forth reference photographs that I might seen on Instagram, One Fab Day or Pinterest which I later shared with Ciara, the photographer and florist as a information. They each did a tremendous job. I am often fairly decisive about what I would like issues to look/really feel like so I believe it is principally about trusting your intestine.”
She provides, “I am an artwork director so the ornament was necessary to me. The venue was stunning so it did not want a lot further however I needed lengthy tables which have been dotted with bunches of brilliant wild flowers by Amelia. I had picked up brass candle stick holders on a market in Brussels and my buddy Leanne Keogh made probably the most superb desk runners out of Irish linen, dying them with pure dyes utilizing avocado stones which gave them a dusty pink color.”
Parts of a conventional Irish marriage ceremony and a French celebration have been effortlessly weaved in: An Irish trad band made up of a violin, button accordion, and guitar and vocal trio entertained the company, whereas we’re instructed “the champagne and wine from France went down very effectively!”
Amelia’s Backyard Flowers crafted the floral preparations for the day, the bride saying, “They have been probably the most stunning, pure flowers, she did such a tremendous job.”
The gorgeous cake was a beneficiant present from the Bride’s auntie Helen.
The marriage meal by Yellow Door was a mixture of London cool, French favourites and Irish residence comforts. “We each take pleasure in meals and wine in order that was actually necessary, which is why we select Hilton Park, permitting us some freedom with this. Yellow Door did a tremendous job with the meals. My buddy Max Rocha runs a restaurant in London and he helped me with the menu, sticking with dishes that work effectively for giant numbers however that felt Irish. We did a wine pairing for every dish, for instance we had a white from Loire Valley to go along with the fish starter that we had come throughout in a restaurant after which purchased bottles direct from the winery. We completed with a pet nat (sparking wine) with the desert. My mother and father got here to France of their camper and introduced all of the wine again on the boat!”
Trying again on the moments that made their day so particular, the bride says, “The place to begin! Edouard had undergone main cardiac surgical procedure in 2020 adopted by 3 weeks in ICU. It was an extremely troublesome interval so being surrounded by our family and friends that had been there throughout that point felt like such a celebration for therefore many causes. The speeches have been very emotional and so stuffed with gratitude, it was actually touching.”
“Plenty of family and friends performed a component too which made it actually pretty. My greatest buddy from college made muffins for when folks arrived the night earlier than on the native pub (Annie McGinn’s), my buddy Leanne Keogh made my prime and likewise did the desk runners; Max, the chef, made his well-known Guinness brown bread (@maxrocha__) within the kitchen of Hilton Park on the morning of the marriage to be served with the dinner which was such a deal with. A buddy shot video on a brilliant 8 digicam and the night earlier than the marriage, we gave disposable cameras to a couple designated folks from every group, which meant that we had pics from the entire weekend.”
The way to begin an Irish marriage ceremony get together with a bang? With an Irish trad band, in fact! “We hadn’t deliberate a primary dance and ended up dancing to the Irish trad band and everybody joined in with us! It was a lot enjoyable.”
The ultimate night of their marriage ceremony weekend consisted of relaxed drinks at Hughie’s pub, earlier than the get together continued lengthy into the evening.
After the epic celebrations, the pair jetted off on honeymoon to Thailand which they might extremely reccommend. “We spent 10 days on an idyllic island known as Koh Mak, which isn’t so well-known and had been really helpful by my Thai buddy. We had a lovely villa actually on the seashore, it is also actually inexpensive so zero guilt in having fun with massages and cocktails each time we fancied it!”
As for phrases of wedded knowledge for different {couples}, Eibhlín says, “Hold it easy, you dont must comply with custom however do what issues to you. Be certain and e book a great photographer that helps you seize the day. Ciara did a lovely job and was so pretty to work with.”
The bride provides, “A buddy instructed me that it is like working a marathon, you spend months placing within the laborious work and preparing for that in the future. When it is over you need to do all of it once more!
Congratulations Eibhlín & Édouard! Thanks for sharing your tremendous trendy Hilton Park marriage ceremony day with us! An enormous Thank You additionally goes to Ciara Cassidy of Images by Ciara for sharing at this time’s celebration. See extra beautiful moments from this celebration within the gallery under.
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