Wendy Inglis and Greg Bent

Having entertained the notion of getting wed in a fairy-tale castle in Ireland, Greg’s search happened upon an idyllic location. The four-star Ballynahinch Castle Hotel is truly a fairy-tale escape tucked away in the rugged yet enchanting wilderness of Connemara.

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Tracey O’Malley and Nigel Smyth

When Nigel and Tracey started organising their wedding celebrations, they chose the wonderful Connemara Sands Hotel to host the occasion.

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Stacey Maxwell and Mike McNamara

From the moment they were engaged, Stacey Maxwell and Mike McNamara had their hearts set on a Connemara wedding.

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Elizabeth Whelan and Jeroen Idema

Jeroen and I chose the Connemara Sands for several reasons—one being that the location has a spectacular view of the beautiful Atlantic Ocean.

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Jemma Elias and Joe Conneely

Connemara is one of those magical places that once you’ve visited, you want to come back again and again.

Monika Malinowska and Peter Buffam

Our families live in two different countries, and to avoid the stress of trying to bring everybody together, we decided on a runaway wedding.

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Laura Larkin and Brian McCaffrey

Laura and Brian are both natives of western Ireland—Laura is from Galway and Brian from Sligo—so their Connemara wedding displayed all the beauty of their roots with all the hope for a grand future together.

Ann-Marie Aspell and Tom O’Neill

Ann-Marie and John’s Christmas wedding was celebrated in the beautiful town of Letterfrack, County Galway, with blue skies and lots of friends and family.‘Tom and I chose to get married in Connemara because I am from Letterfrack,’ Ann-Marie says.