{"id":82141,"date":"2021-04-16T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/?p=82141"},"modified":"2024-07-11T11:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T10:52:21","slug":"april-16th-roundup-wedding-news-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/april-16th-roundup-wedding-news-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"April 16th Roundup of Wedding news from Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>A Roundup of Wedding News from Ireland and Elsewhere (updated April 16th)<\/b><\/h3>\n<h2><b>Wedding News from Ireland<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/news\/6830080\/northern-ireland-hotels-flooded-wedding-calls\/\">Hotels in Northern Ireland<\/a> are being inundated with calls from couples in the Republic trying to book weddings on the back of the North\u2019s booming vaccine campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82144\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/2390249_31_articleinline_F_26H_20_36_1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Just the two of us for dinner, and then a bottle of champagne by the pool; Finn and Huib got engaged on a surf trip to Clare and went surfing, hiking and scuba diving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/lifestyle\/people\/arid-40253798.html\">just before their wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-title\">Wedding of the week: A winter ceremony with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/lifestyle\/people\/arid-40260464.html\">25 guests and hot whiskeys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s like a wedding during the war\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/life-and-style\/people\/it-s-like-a-wedding-during-the-war-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-registry-office-1.4505317\">A day in the life of a registry office<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wedding News from Elsewhere<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=odxoocrfw3I&amp;ab_channel=BBCNews\">Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip&#8217;s wedding<\/a> &#8211; BBC News<\/p>\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82143\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/ezgif-2-50b42a7bdf58.png\" alt=\"\" \/>8 unique ideas for that &#8216;something blue&#8217; item on your wedding day:\u00a0Throwing the bouquet, cutting the cake and having &#8216;something blue&#8217; with you as you walk down the aisle are all\u00a0sweet touches on the wedding day, but what if you wanted to give your marital rituals a modern twist?<\/p>\n<p class=\"longform-hed in-view\">This Couple Went All Out for Their \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/wedding\/photos\/a35917963\/alyssa-riley-ej-solimine-wedding\/\">Montana-Meets-Gatsby-Meets-Versailles<\/a>\u201d Wedding at Home;\u00a0After COVID threw some planning curveballs, the duo got creative with a flower-filled ceremony in the round, cabaret performers, and a Marie Antoinette dessert buffet at the reception.<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-heading_2-0\" class=\"comp article-heading mntl-text-block\">65 Songs That Make the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brides.com\/wedding-video-songs-5179135\">Perfect Soundtrack for Your Wedding Video<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\" class=\"storytext storylocation linkLocation\">\n<p>In Indonesia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/15\/987552091\/in-indonesia-bridegroom-shows-up-at-wrong-wedding?t=1618560414671&amp;t=1618575043576\">Bridegroom Shows Up At Wrong Wedding<\/a>; Thinking the GPS led him to the correct address, the groom-to-be and some of his wedding party settled in. When the mix up was realized, he quickly left to find his actual fiancee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"transcript storytext\" aria-label=\"Transcript\">\n<p class=\"content-header__row content-header__hed\" data-testid=\"ContentHeaderHed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82142\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/01-VO080118_daydressing05.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>As Invitations Arrive\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/best-wedding-guest-dresses\">28 Wedding Guest Dresses to Shop Now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<p class=\"title\"><em style=\"font-size: 0.9em;\">Here&#8217;s our previous roundups for:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/march-19th-2021-roundup-wedding-news-ireland-elsewhere\/\"><em>March 19th<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/march-2021-roundup-wedding-news-ireland-elsewhere\/\"><em>March 5th<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/february-2021-roundup-wedding-news-ireland-elsewhere\/\">February 19th<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/february-2021-roundup-of-wedding-news-ireland-elsewhere\/\"><em>February 5th<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingdates.ie\/blog\/january-2021-roundup-wedding-news-ireland-elsewhere\/\"><em>January 2021<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Roundup of Wedding News from Ireland and Elsewhere (updated April 16th) Wedding News from Ireland Hotels in Northern Ireland are being inundated with calls from couples in the Republic trying to book weddings on the back of the North\u2019s booming vaccine campaign. 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