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A Scottish – Irish Wedding in Tipperary

Who knew?

Who knew that a long distance relationship from Edinburgh to Dublin would result in a fabulous Scottish/Irish wedding in Tipperary?

Margaret & Mark met at a mutual friend’s birthday party in Edinburgh in April 2007 and before they knew it they were frequent flyers, flying back and forth from Edinburgh to Dublin to see each other. After a year and half of this long distance relationship (LDR as it is affectionately known!) they decided someone had to move! And so Mark moved to Dublin in September 2008. And in April 2010 on a return visit to Edinburgh, Mark proposed to Margaret on the battlements of Edinburgh Castle.

And all this led to the wedding in Margaret’s home county of Tipperary on 17th September 2011 which was beautifully planned and immensely enjoyed by all concerned.

Margaret says;
The only thing I knew I really wanted were red bridesmaids dresses and the rest took off from there. My mother had red bridesmaids and it is also my favourite colour. I also think it goes really well with Mark’s tartan.
From there the invitations were designed by Declan. Depicting the Irish word for love in Ogham script. This is significant in highlighting our Celtic connection whilst also introducing the Scottish clan to an Irish word – Grá. The Ogham script was also used to stamp each book for the book favours with the date of our wedding alongside our initials.

I followed two wedding blogs for inspiration. One Irish blog OneFabDay http://onefabday.com/ and one UK blog LoveMyDress http://www.lovemydress.net/
I found wedding magazines to be too ‘flat’ and uninspiring but the blogs (there are so many I had to limit myself to two) were much more vibrant and exciting and provided a daily ‘fix’ of wedding glamour and inspiration. Also both of these blogs captured what I was looking for in terms of style. Vintage and classic with a touch of handmade fun.

I found my dress in Anabel Rose. The ladies there were so brilliant and amazing. When I tried on that dress it was the only one that brought a tear to my eye so it had to be the one! I also knew Mark would love it.

We viewed 10 venues in the Tipperary region and Kilcoran Lodge won hands down on what we were looking for which was a gorgeous, cosy, old style lodge in a fabulous setting surrounded by amazing staff, serving quality food. We also felt so ‘at home’ there. It just felt right for ‘us’. And it was.

We had the most amazing day surrounded by family and friends and we were looked after so well by the staff at Kilcoran Lodge.

Holycross Abbey http://www.holycrossabbey.ie/
Hotel Kilcoran Lodge Hotel http://www.kilcoranlodgehotel.com/
Kilts http://www.thekiltstore.com
Photography http://www.alanmooney.ie
Wedding dress by Augusta Jones http://www.augustajones.com/ from Anabel Rose http://www.anabelrose.com/
Bridesmaids dresses http://www.bellezabridalwear.ie/
Heritage Wedding Cars http://www.heritageweddingcars.com/
Flowers – Dot Whelan at Sunflowers, Thurles.
Make Up by http://www.themakeupcrew.ie/ (Tracey Scullion)
Nobody does it better from Kyleigh’s Papercuts on www.notonthehighstreet.com
Children’s colouring books from Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/KTPaperCrafts
Chalkboards from Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/dazzlingexpressions
Table plan board from Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/maxinewalshe