Real Weddings: Inside Karen and Eoin’s Dublin city wedding
Dreaming of a city wedding, Karen and Eoin tied the knot in a beautiful summer ceremony in Dublin City Hall, followed by a waterfront reception at Charlotte Quay restaurant.
THE COUPLE
Karen Greenan, financial services, and Eoin Heffernan, cyber security analyst lead.
THEY LIVE
In Dublin.
THE VENUE
City Hall, Dublin, for the ceremony, followed by Charlotte Quay Restaurant.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dena Shearer. Dena captured every moment of the day perfectly and was a pleasure to work with.
THEY MET
Our journey of 16 years began when Eoin and I met through my sister, Jen, and Jen’s husband, Mick, Eoin’s colleague. Eoin and Mick’s Christmas party always coincided with my birthday. It was at this festive gathering that Eoin decided to ask for my number, marking the start of our relationship.
THE PROPOSAL
Eoin decided the right place to propose was CABÜ Cabins in Cavan as it’s one of our favourite places. Despite a rainy setback during his planned lakeside picnic proposal, my willingness to stroll in the rain with prosecco in hand made the moment unforgettable. After the proposal, Eoin treated me to my favourite dinner, followed by champagne and a slideshow of our memories together and a playlist of all our songs. It’s a running joke that everything has to be just “perfect” for me and this couldn’t have been more perfect.
THE WEDDING ATTIRE
Wedding dress shopping was so much fun. I originally planned to do a short plain white dress with a bow, so I was surprised at how much I absolutely loved the dress that my mam picked out for me to try from Savin London at Alice May Bridal! That was it, we were sold.
Eoin really enjoyed going shopping for the suits with his groomsmen. The lads spent multiple days across different locations trying to find the suits for them, and ended up getting them from Protocol on Dawson Street.
THE CEREMONY
Moya Corcoran was the celebrant for our humanist ceremony and we planned a beautiful ceremony together. Doug Sheridan provided the music and was fantastic!
THE RECEPTION
We booked the bar and restaurant at Charlotte Quay Restaurant for the day. There’s something really special about Charlotte Quay; we loved it instantly. Unfortunately, the bus that we organised to bring our guests from City Hall to Charlotte Quay was an hour trying to navigate one-way streets in Dublin! It was actually nice having the time to relax together after the ceremony and before the rest of the celebrations.
We had canapés and drinks when we arrived, followed by a four-course dinner and evening food all provided by Charlotte Quay. Everything was absolutely delicious and cooked to perfection.
THE ENTERTAINMENT
Doug Sheridan played acoustic guitar and sang for the ceremony. We made our own playlists for the rest of the day.
THE DECOR
We kept this minimal. City Hall is beautiful itself, as was Charlotte Quay. Charlotte Quay provided table decorations – fresh flowers in glass jars. My dad designed the invitations and table plan.
THEIR TOP TIPS
Figure out what you both want for the wedding, what your absolute musts are, and what you are willing to compromise on. Don’t do everything for other people; your family and friends are there to celebrate you, so they’ll love everything (well, that’s what they told us anyway !). Try not to stress, as everything will work out.
THEY WISH THEY HAD
Not drank all the champagne and prosecco before dinner!
THEIR BEST MOMENTS
The ceremony was the best part of the day; City Hall is a fabulous venue. The time was filled with gorgeous music, laughter and tears of happiness; it literally could not have been better.
The food in Charlotte Quay was incredible and another highlight. Charlotte Quay worked with us to create a menu that worked for us and our guests for the day.
The whole day was amazing, we are still smiling about it nearly a year on.
THE FIRST DANCE
‘Revelry’ by Kings of Leon.
THE CREW
Groom and groomsmen’s suits: Protocol Menswear; Wedding dress: Savin London at Alice May Bridal; Bridesmaid and flowergirl dresses: Self Portrait; Hair and make-up: Amy Treacy and Lynsey Keogh. Celebrant: Moya Corcoran. Entertainment: Doug Sheridan. Food & reception: Charlotte Quay Restaurant.
See more photographs from Karen and Eoin’s wedding below.
Photography by Dena Shearer.
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