![](\"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/helenaandbrendan-16-of-600-1280x853-2-1000x666.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nThe Beginning…<\/h2>\n
\u201cMyself and Brendan grew up not far from each other and had the same group of friends in our late teens. We were together 11 years when we married!\u201d<\/p>\n
The Proposal…<\/h2>\n
\u201cBrendan is mad about motorbikes, so we went to Oulton Park for the British Superbikes in August 2014. At the hotel, Brendan went down to book a meal for one of the evenings. It was a mild night so we went out into the hotel grounds and I was pushing Kara around in her stroller. The hotel had lovely grounds, the trees had fairy lights in them and there was a little stream with a bench beside it. \u00a0Brendan was sitting on the bench and I walked over and sat down beside him. \u00a0Then he just said \u201cwill we get married?\u201d. I turned around and he was holding a ring with a big smile on his face. I kept looking from the ring to his face, I was so surprised! And, of course I said yes!\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nOn The Venue…<\/h2>\n
\u201cI had always planned on getting married in a different hotel but then I went to a wedding at the Clanard Court Hotel<\/a>, I absolutely loved it! It\u2019s so airy and \u00a0bright, the food is amazing and the staff just can\u2019t do enough for you. When we got engaged, we went to see two hotels and the Clanard Court came out on top in every aspect. Our Wedding Planners, Emma and Claire, were brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a really hot day when we got married and the doors of the room opened out into the lovely gardens, the kids could play outside and you knew they were safe which really put us at ease. The ballroom itself was just so pretty and beautifully laid out. Everyone commented on how nice the food and the staff were. The staff really make the venue – we loved the special treatment we got and the luxury of the bridal suite!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur photographer, Finn Mooney, was really amazing. I loved that we also had a second shooter; Finn came to my mother\u2019s house to be with the bridal party for the morning and his colleague shot the morning with the boys. They captured some truly personal and special pictures, memories to last a lifetime. My favourite thing was that each image was a little bit different and not just your \u2018typical\u2019 wedding pictures. We got some lovely shots taken in the field between our house and Brendan\u2019s parents. Finn was extremely professional and so easy to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMy gown was a Mori Lee and I absolutely loved it. I had a bit of a hiccup when I picked it up as the bridal shop had ordered it two sizes too big!! I was devastated. I brought it to a Bridal Designer called Aideen Cross in Rathangan, Co Kildare and she had a lot of work to do, but she managed to fix it so it fit perfectly. I really can\u2019t thank her enough, she reassured me right from the start. If I could do it again, I would have commissioned Aideen to make my dress from scratch. She is amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nOn The Photographer…<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nOn The Dress…<\/h2>\n