After meeting through Shane’s cousin, Catherine and Shane McKillion were together for seven years before they finally tied the knot in March. Eighteen months before the wedding day Shane proposed at the top of the Mourne mountains in County Down on the 12th September 2015. Catherine remembers, “It was raining that morning and I was…
With an inspired ‘enchanted forest fairytale’ theme Tomasina and Noel’s wedding was a dream from start to finish – and they ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ about their magical day saying ‘I do’. Both from Derry, the couple met at the gym where Noel worked as a personal trainer. But love didn’t blossom until a year…
As Wedding Fair Season approaches at Hastings Hotels we often get asked by anxious brides how best to use of their time at one of our fairs – who should they talk to, what should their plan of attack for the day be, should they focus on the dress, music, floral arrangements. So our team…
Love at first fright! True Love Tuesday are back and we start with the lovely wedding of Emma and Brendan Dressed up as a fairy Emma Bradley braved the streets of Derry for the annual Hallowe’en celebrations in 2013 – not expecting to find true love in the shape of Dracula! But despite the fangs…
A rustic themed wedding reception at the Manor Country House Hotel, Killadeas with 230 guests was the perfect celebration for the wedding of childhood sweethearts, the new Mr and Mrs Muldoon. Carla and Luke met in school as students in their early teens and the rest is history! Fast forward to a planned holiday to…
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Elegant Perfection With a beautiful couple, a marquee reception fit for an A-Lister and flowers to die for, the wedding of Caroline and Sean was simply perfect from beginning to end… Amsterdam proved to be the city of love for Caroline Hart as Sean McBride knelt on one knee in spectacular fashion right in the…
Make sure everyone knows their job on your big day with a carefully chosen pair of socks… Because you want everyone looking perfect on your special day, you will have spent countless hours fretting about every tiny sartorial detail. And let’s face it, never again in your life will you ever want to take such…
Nicola and Mark attended the same primary school but never properly met each other until a night out in Summer 2010 where they met accidentally in a local bar in L’derry and swapped numbers Mark then asked Nicola out on an official date, they got on really well and found it very natural to be…
A Touch of Sparkle From the second their eyes met on Omagh’s Main Street, Tanya Thom and Alwyn Ballantine knew their love was meant to be… We just fit together,” gushed bride Tanya. “We spent all of our time together and the more we got to know each other, it just felt right. We are…
