Links ‘n’ Ideas
 
— Bands —




Céide
Ceide are fantastic as a wedding band and are hugely entertaining with a mixture of Jigs ‘n’ Reels , Songs and waltzes – GREAT FUN and lots of energy!








Springbreak 80s
An incredibly energetic 80s tribute band.  Huge fun and everybody up dancing – not just the 80s heads but everybody from Granny to Baby!





— Castles —




Ballyhannon Castle 
County Clare.
Between Quin and Newmarket-On-Fergus.  10 mins from Shannon Airport. 
Contact Margaret Bresnan







Cloghan Castle 
County Galway.
Half way between Loughrea & Gort






Cloonacauneen Castle 
Cloonacauneen castle is a stunning 15th century Norman castle situated on outskirts of Galway city in idyllic country side surroundings. Less than 10 minutes from Galway City Centre and Galway Airport.




— Churches —





Ballintubber Abbey 
County Mayo.
Between Claremorris and Castlebar.
What can I say here? 
—Cold but beautiful!









Meelick Church
15 miles south of Ballinasloe, near Eyrecourt
Old  and lovely (& nobody knows about it!)






— Church Dressing —




Mayo Wedding Bells 
Wonderful couple who do everything from dressing the church to seat covers for the reception – they don’t seem to ever get flustered either!






Connemara Flowers (Clifden)
                    & 
Village Flowers (Moycullen)

Wonderful 2-shop family-run florists who have that special talent of caring deeply about their customers.



— Irish Dancing —



Celtic Rhythm Dancers
A very professional roving dance troupe who will set up quickly & unobtrusively and put on a wonderful 30 minute dance show for after the dinner, before the band or during the band’s break – Highly Recommended!






The Cunningham Family
An entertaining & widely varied show (depending on how much of it you book).
I don’t know if they do weddings but I’m sure they will if asked...





— Photographers —






Melissa Mannion
Melissa is a wonderful photographer who has that rare knack of getting special angles on ordinary shots.  She’s good fun too and adds hugely to the atmosphere of the day!










Vanessa Jordan
Great photographer, beautiful photos...







Core Photography
Clare O’Regan shoots a variety of styles from reportage to formal group shots 






Angelo Mercone
Angelo specialises in weddings and is known for his different eye!






— Singers —



Carol-Ann McKenna

Irish soprano Carol-Ann McKenna has been singing at weddings since the late 1990s




— Videographers —


Complete Weddings
Hi-Def cameras, Steadicam, great sound & wonderful editing make Niall’s videos stand out!  For a treat, take a peek at his blog...





Dreamcatcher
Gavin and the team at Dreamcatcher produce wonderful videos with something special and a look at their videos & testimonials will reveal all!http://www.myspace.com/ceidemusichttp://springbreak80s.comhttp://www.ballyhannon-castle.com/http://www.cloghancastle.com/http://www.clooncastle.comhttp://www.ballintubberabbey.ie/home.htmMeelick_Church.htmlhttp://www.mayoweddingbells.comhttp://www.connemaraflorist.iehttp://www.villageflowersmoycullen.com/http://www.celticrhythmdancers.com/http://www.http://atlanticsteps.comhttp://www.melissamannion.comhttp://www.vanessajordan.iehttp://www.corephotography.iehttp://www.merconephotography.comhttp://www.carolannmckenna.comhttp://www.completeweddings.orghttp://www.dreamcatcherproductions.ie/wedding/index.htmlhttp://www.myspace.com/ceidemusichttp://springbreak80s.comhttp://www.ballyhannon-castle.com/http://www.cloghancastle.com/http://www.clooncastle.comhttp://www.ballintubberabbey.ie/home.htmMeelick_Church.htmlhttp://www.mayoweddingbells.comhttp://www.celticrhythmdancers.com/http://www.http://atlanticsteps.comhttp://www.melissamannion.comhttp://www.vanessajordan.iehttp://www.corephotography.iehttp://www.merconephotography.comhttp://www.carolannmckenna.com/http://www.completeweddings.orghttp://www.dreamcatcherproductions.ie/wedding/index.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18

By no means exhaustive but just some people and places that have impressed me from my side of the fence.


Feel free to get on to me if you would like to be included here but be prepared to show me why I should include you – only the best make it into these links...


These links headings are alphabetical so scan through to find what you’re looking for...


[As well as looking at my links below, I recommend the Weddings Online forum where most questions have been asked over the years.  Just type a few relevant words into the search box and if it was asked, it’ll come up!]
 

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