Irish Wedding Ideas

Re: Irish Wedding Ideas

• nicoleabrock member

  

  October 2009

  I'm Irish and I've got nothing. Google?

  

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• TurtlesAllTheWayDown member

  

  October 2009

  Vitamin String quartet does some instrumental versions of popular music, so maybe you could do an instrumental instead of the real song? Or do an Irish traditional instead.You can design stuff on vistaprint and upload your own pics and graphics. Are you doing Irish green as a color?

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• arbolita

  

  October 2009

  Our first dance song was The Pogues - Love You Till the End, so that is definitely my vote I think Fairytale of New York would be a little weird unless your wedding is around Christmas.

  

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• arbolita

  

  October 2009

  We also considered using A Rainy Night in SoHo

  

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• Bubbalub member

  

  October 2009

  I wouldn't use Fairytale of New York, regardless. They are singing about how the other sucked their soul away when they got together. Soul sucking =/= love song.Try listening to The Corrs. They are a contemporary Irish group, mostly family (3 sisters), and have some great songs. If you are looking for more traditional music look for The Chieftans or The Clancy Brothers. For a contemporary twist on traditional music that isn't as fast-paced as The Pogues try Clannad, Anuna, Áine Minogue or Aoife Ní Fhearraigh.Here is a good link from Ireland Information about wedding traditions:[link]http://www.ireland-information.com/articles/irishweddingtraditions.htm[/link]I'm happy to help if you have any questions!

  
  

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• Bubbalub member

  

  October 2009

  Damn, I thought I knew how to make that link clinky. Sorry, you'll have to c&p!

  
  

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• arbolita

  

  October 2009

  We also received a canvas print with an Irish blessing on it that I wish we'd seen sooner, because I would have loved to include it somewhere in the wedding as our reading, or somewhere in our vows.  I'll look at it when I get home and try to remember to type it in here for you

  

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• cmac1029

  

  October 2009

  I had an Irish Catholic wedding, but can't help you on the first dance song.  As far as I am concerned there really is no appropriate one as most of the Irish love songs involve sad themes.   While I adore "Fairytale of New York" I think it's inappropriate for your first dance.  Then again, it's your wedding and you should have whatever you want.  There's always "The Irish Wedding Song" which is really nice, but that is used more at the Mass, usually during Communion or the Offertory.A really lovely Irish song that my dad & I danced to was "Your Wedding Day".  It's a waltz and the words are amazing and emotional.  Google "Your Wedding Day by Jimmy Buckley" if you want to have a listen.  Good luck!

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• Kristin789 member

  

  October 2009

  The Horseshoe Wound into Tia's bouquet is a horseshoe that will later be hung in our kitchen, with the ends turned up so the luck doesn't run out. The horseshoe was carried by Celtic and English brides as part of an old tradition that was believed to bring good fortune. The good luck of the horseshoe evolved from many aspects, including the belief that blacksmiths were lucky, that iron was magical and could withstand fire and repel fairies, that horses stood in the barn where Christ was born, and that the seven nails in a horseshoe represented the seven ages of life, the seven colours of the rainbow, the seven planets in the universe (in ancient belief), the seven deadly sins, the seven virtues, the seven days of the week, and the seven days between changes of moon phases, making them very very lucky. Our horseshoe is of Irish origin, a porcelain collector's piece crafted by Belleek. It's really lovely and we'll be happy to show it off! --------------- The Truce Bell The Bell of Truce originates from west Ireland peasant traditions, believed to be derived from St. Patrick's Bell of Will. St. Patrick believed that bells were important to his ministry, and helped him in performing miracles. He is said to have been buried with the iron Bell of Will he carried. Today, it stands on exhibit in Ireland's National Museum. The Truce Bell, as an echo of the Bell of Will, is a bell that is blessed by the officiant of the ceremony and then presented to the bride and groom. The couple is then asked to give the bell a good hardy ring, while thinking lovely thoughts of each other and, most importantly, of their furture together. After the wedding the bell is kept at home as a reminder of the couple's wedding day. When arguments arise, the bell is put to its intended use. One of the quarreling couple should ring the bell to call a truce in the argument. This signifies the end of the disagreement - all conflict is over! The tinkling sound is meant to remind the couple of their wedding vows and conjure up the happiest memories from their wedding day as an end to strife. =========== Dedication Wreaths The spirit of those gone is very important to the Irish. The feast days of Garland Sunday and All Soul's Day are both dedicated to the departed. On Garland Sunday, a hoop or wreath of twigs is decorated with flowers and ribbons in honour of the dead. On All Soul's Day, a candle is put in the window for each person departed to light their way back home. Tia and I share the grief of losing our fathers, and have decided to incorporate these traditional Irish customs for honouring the dead into the ceremony we would have dearly loved them both to attend. The tradition includes memories of the departed spoken over the candle as it is lighted by a family member, and we have both chosed to ask our sisters to participate in this part of the ceremony with us. =========== The Pebble Tradition Water and waterways were places sacred to the Celtic gods. Ancient Celtic weddings were always held near rivers, lakes, holy wells or pools. Wedding guests were given small stones to cast into the water, with each being a wish for the couple's future happiness, health and success. We have chosen to revive this custom and invite you to celebrate it with us. At the reception, you will find a bowl of stones and coins (yes, this IS where wishing wells came from!) to be dropped into water. A large vase filled with water stands at the table. We invite you to drop a stone or coin into the vase and make a wish. After the ceremony we will be taking the vase home, filled with stones, coins and wishes, to keep as a centerpiece display for our home. =========== First To Kiss The Bride Irish peasant tradition holds it is appropriate that a man should always be the first to offer congratulations to the bride once the ceremony is complete. Should a woman offer the first wish, it results in years of bad luck. We've decided to ask a close male friend of Tia's family to help us uphold this tradition. ============ Something old, something new... Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in your shoe ... unlike more traditional custom, we will both have each of these things - and the "silver sixpence" we have for our shoes are old Irish coins minted in the year the other was born. ============ Old Celtic traditions tell of the bride's bouquet becoming the first centerpiece put on the central or dining table in her new home. Thereafter, the bridal flowers of the bouquet would become her own 'signature' flowers, always featured on her table. This is a lovely custom we prefer to revive and will have the bouquet preserved to display in our home.

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