A beautiful bride, an ecstatic groom, ice cream after the ceremony, cocktails on the lawn, dancing til dawn - Jessica and George's recent wedding in Maryborough Hotel has everything you could wish for from a gorgeous summer celebration. And when wedding photographer extraordinaire Christina Brosnan has her lens at the ready, you know a wedding is going to […]

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A beautiful bride, an ecstatic groom, ice cream after the ceremony, cocktails on the lawn, dancing til dawn - Jessica and George's recent wedding in Maryborough Hotel has everything you could wish for from a gorgeous summer celebration.

And when wedding photographer extraordinaire Christina Brosnan has her lens at the ready, you know a wedding is going to be special, so we're delighted to show you Jessica & George's gorgeous wedding...

Jessica was particularly delighted to have one very special guest to see her in all her bridal finery...

"My Gran had turned 90 the month before my wedding and it was so special to me that she was there. She was in such great form and stayed a good bit into the night and I was so delighted to have her there."

Jessica's favouite moment of the wedding came as she walked into St Patricks Church in Fermoy.... "I don't think I'll ever again experience the feeling that I had walking down the aisle - the emotion & excitement of seeing everyone smiling back at me as I made my way up to the top."

Coming out of the church, George was proclaimed a hero by all the guests as he had arranged for an ice-cream van to be ready and waiting, and as if by magic the sun came out right on time.

Jessica and George were delighted to have a few fun moments to have a chat with everyone and check out the style (her words) before heading off to take the photos with Christina.

Christina Brosnan Maryborough Hotel Cork Wedding

The Maryborough is a great blend of old world and contemporary design, with an 18th century country house as the centrepiece, surrounded by 300 year old manicured gardens, while a modern extension with a fab spa brings it right up to date (Naoise's top tip: check into a spa room, you will love relaxing in the bath in the middle of the room - watching tv and sipping some bubbles) . Loving the funky open marquees perfect for the drinks reception before dinner in the ballroom.

Sea breeze for the ladies and for the gents Homemade cider from the Apple Farm in Cahir,with special labels made up for the bottles. The cider was a great success - I only wish we had got more as there was none left by the time we got there!

Most brides describe their wedding day as the best ever and completely forget/gloss over those things that didn't quite work out. So I'm loving Jessica for her refreshing honesty: "We had come up with the great idea of naming tables after sweets & put some sweets on the tables as favours. But it turned out to be a bit of a DIY disaster! So our advice is unless you have loads of time - leave it to the professionals!" She's dead right - don't overstretch yourself. Think everything through carefully - is it going to work, are you going to be up til 2am the night before your wedding sorting it out?
In fairness you would never guess there had been any hiccups as the reception ballroom looks perfect...

And Jessica's advice for couples planning their day? "Enjoy the run up to the wedding - I was so shocked how genuinely excited people were about our special day. If you can take a step back from it all you can see that all that really matters is that you are getting married surrounded by people that love you the most."