The long tree-lined driveway

The Bert House

Planning a wedding is stressful. Imagine planning a wedding at a venue you haven’t seen (with your own eyes…internet photos don’t count) because you choose to have a destination wedding on a budget and can’t simply fly there to scope-out the place! My stress and anxiety levels were pretty crazy the last few months before the wedding but it was all unwarranted because the venue turned-out to be amazing! I don’t regret having a destination wedding one bit. It was special, small, and very memorable.

The White Pony we named “Baloney Pony”

Sheep!

The place we got married is in a town called Athy (pronounced At-ii or At-ie) just outside downtown. The house is a 300 year-old mansion called The Bert House (also known as The Deburgh Manor) that comes with 15 rooms, a dinning room, drawing-room, two bars (one in the basement), a commercial-grade kitchen, and so much more! We joked about it being haunted and that the basement rooms were perfect for “murders.” It would be the absolute perfect place to have a raucous game of clue! If anyone is looking for a large house to have a wedding or just to centralize a large group for a trip to Ireland, I highly recommend this place. It was an hour from Dublin (45 minutes via train) and was within reasonable driving distance from several wonderful day trips.

Access to a river

And now…to bombard you with photos.

Sean and his Harlis Sweetwater shirt by the river

Sean didn’t actually lose a finger…