{"id":520,"date":"2009-04-20T16:32:16","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:51:53","slug":"what-kind-of-hen-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/what-kind-of-hen-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What Kind of Hen are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My cousin is getting married in June, and last weekend we decended on the town of Carlow for her hen party.\u00a0 Girls came from all over Ireland (the bride is from Mayo but works in Kildare) and chose Carlow as a central location.\u00a0 I was initially dubious I have to say (The Stag got to go to Liverpool!) but turned out to be a fanastic location! We stayed in the fabulous Golf Lodges at the Killerig Golf Resort 10kms outside of Carlow.\u00a0 The lodges were a great option as we had a base for the weekend and were able to order in Chinese, cook our own food and of course, bring in plenty of our own drink!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2009\/04\/acceptable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-522\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2009\/04\/acceptable-600x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fancy Dress theme for the night was the 80&#8217;s and all of the girls put in a great effort!\u00a0 We had lots of fun in the lodges doing our hair &amp; make up and drinking Cosmopolitans!\u00a0 It is a cheap alternative to going out, particularly if you are doing a 2 night hen.\u00a0 The chief bridesmaid organised some hen-games which we had great gas doing and they were also a good ice-breaker as not everyone at the hen knew each other before hand.\u00a0 One of the games was to split the group into 3 and each team had to design and dress one of the 3 bridesmaid &#8216;models&#8217; using masking tape and toilet paper!\u00a0 Vera Wang eat your heart out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We hit the town on Saturday night, going out for a meal and then clubbing to the Foundry, one of the biggest nightclubs in Ireland.\u00a0 As a student-town, there was plenty of buzz in the place and a choice between live band or DJ inside in the massive club.\u00a0 Everywhere was very hen-friendly and I could highly recommend both the Killerig Golf Resort AND Carlow town as an ideal hen destination.<\/p>\n<p>For DIY hen ideas and games (and of course to buy the hen paraphernalia), check out: HenParty.ie and to take the hassle out of <a title=\"Hen Party\" href=\"http:\/\/www.henparty.ie\/\">organising the hen<\/a>, have expert hen planner Jenni from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poshfizz.com\/\">www.poshfizz.com<\/a> take over and possibly even organise some really &#8216;different&#8217; hen ideas!<\/p>\n<p>Tell us about your own hen experiences?\u00a0 Any good games\/locations you have been to?<\/p>\n<p>Leave a comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My cousin is getting married in June, and last weekend we decended on the town of Carlow for her hen party.\u00a0 Girls came from all over Ireland (the bride is from Mayo but works in Kildare) and chose Carlow as a central location.\u00a0 I was initially dubious I have to say (The Stag got to go to Liverpool!) but turned out to be a fanastic location! 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