Irish Themed Weddings
St. Patrick’s Day is on the 17th March so if you would like to incorporate some Irish themes into your special day here are The Wedding Planner School’s top ten tips….
1. Green, Green, Green - An Irish wedding would not be complete without this key colour, alternatively incorporate the flag colours green, white and gold.
2. Shamrocks and Leprechauns - A little too small to have in your bouquet so think about using them on the wedding stationery and favours instead. Inject some fun with leprechauns or use a stylish Celtic cross. Having ruled out the shamrock consider including Bells of Ireland in your bouquet.
3. Claddagh Ring - A token of love or worn as a wedding ring. The distinctive design features two hands (for friendship) clasping a heart (for love) with a crown (for loyalty) on top.
4. Kinsale Cloak - Traditional Irish cloak, which can be worn as part of the bridal outfit. Perfect for a chilly March evening.
5. Irish Dancing - This will have people tapping their feet and joining in for some group dancing! Ensure that instructions are provided by the caller so that by the end of the evening your guests will know the footwork backwards or should that be forwards?!
6. Celtic Harps - What could be better during the ceremony or on arrival at the reception than a beautiful instrument playing some ethereal Celtic music.
7. Guinness & Colcannon - Traditional Irish drinks such as Guinness, Irish Cream or Whiskey should be available at the reception bar or incorporated into the food. Irish food involving the potato, such as Colcannon, Coddle and Irish Stew, will provide a tasty and inexpensive wedding breakfast, which in Ireland often goes on for many many courses.
8. Wedding Planner - The Wedding Planner School offers a free graduate wedding planner service to help brides create the most stylish celebrations. Wishing you could plan weddings forever? Train for a successful career as a wedding and event planner.
9. Loving Cup - Dating as far back as the 15th century it involved people toasting each other with a ceremonial ‘Loving Cup’. The Loving Cup ceremony involves the bride and groom sharing the Loving Cup for their first drink together as husband and wife and to show the joining of their two families. It is a special moment in the bridal ceremony for the couple to toast their friendship, love and devotion. The cup is then passed down the generations ensuring happiness and good fortune to all those who toast from it at their own wedding.
10. The Bell of Truce is believed to be derived from St. Patrick's Bell of Will, which helped him in performing miracles. The bell is blessed by the officiant of the ceremony who asks the bride and groom to give it a good ring, while thinking lovely thoughts of each other and of their future together. After the wedding the bell is kept at home as a reminder of the wedding day. When arguments arise, the bell is rung by husband or wife to call a truce in the argument and signify that all conflict is over! Small bells could be given to your guests to ring after the ceremony instead of confetti or rice.
Author Bio - Amber Hunter
Amber Hunter is a Course Tutor and Business Advisor at The Wedding Planner School. Amber gained an Honours degree in Journalism and Education from Cardiff University and was recently appointed head of The Wedding Planner School after ten successful years as a wedding and event planner. She now splits her time between Somerset and Italy, helping to mentor UK businesses and managing the School’s second base in Catania.
1. Green, Green, Green - An Irish wedding would not be complete without this key colour, alternatively incorporate the flag colours green, white and gold.
2. Shamrocks and Leprechauns - A little too small to have in your bouquet so think about using them on the wedding stationery and favours instead. Inject some fun with leprechauns or use a stylish Celtic cross. Having ruled out the shamrock consider including Bells of Ireland in your bouquet.
3. Claddagh Ring - A token of love or worn as a wedding ring. The distinctive design features two hands (for friendship) clasping a heart (for love) with a crown (for loyalty) on top.
4. Kinsale Cloak - Traditional Irish cloak, which can be worn as part of the bridal outfit. Perfect for a chilly March evening.
5. Irish Dancing - This will have people tapping their feet and joining in for some group dancing! Ensure that instructions are provided by the caller so that by the end of the evening your guests will know the footwork backwards or should that be forwards?!
6. Celtic Harps - What could be better during the ceremony or on arrival at the reception than a beautiful instrument playing some ethereal Celtic music.
7. Guinness & Colcannon - Traditional Irish drinks such as Guinness, Irish Cream or Whiskey should be available at the reception bar or incorporated into the food. Irish food involving the potato, such as Colcannon, Coddle and Irish Stew, will provide a tasty and inexpensive wedding breakfast, which in Ireland often goes on for many many courses.
8. Wedding Planner - The Wedding Planner School offers a free graduate wedding planner service to help brides create the most stylish celebrations. Wishing you could plan weddings forever? Train for a successful career as a wedding and event planner.
9. Loving Cup - Dating as far back as the 15th century it involved people toasting each other with a ceremonial ‘Loving Cup’. The Loving Cup ceremony involves the bride and groom sharing the Loving Cup for their first drink together as husband and wife and to show the joining of their two families. It is a special moment in the bridal ceremony for the couple to toast their friendship, love and devotion. The cup is then passed down the generations ensuring happiness and good fortune to all those who toast from it at their own wedding.
10. The Bell of Truce is believed to be derived from St. Patrick's Bell of Will, which helped him in performing miracles. The bell is blessed by the officiant of the ceremony who asks the bride and groom to give it a good ring, while thinking lovely thoughts of each other and of their future together. After the wedding the bell is kept at home as a reminder of the wedding day. When arguments arise, the bell is rung by husband or wife to call a truce in the argument and signify that all conflict is over! Small bells could be given to your guests to ring after the ceremony instead of confetti or rice.
Author Bio - Amber Hunter
Amber Hunter is a Course Tutor and Business Advisor at The Wedding Planner School. Amber gained an Honours degree in Journalism and Education from Cardiff University and was recently appointed head of The Wedding Planner School after ten successful years as a wedding and event planner. She now splits her time between Somerset and Italy, helping to mentor UK businesses and managing the School’s second base in Catania.
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