The real wedding we're sharing today is all about relaxed, rustic vibes, and of course, lots of romance! English bride Rebecca and Irish groom Taidgh chose The Millhouse as the venue for their delightfully laid-back October celebration, which featured pumpkin details, a stunning sparkly dress, and smiles all day long! Sit back and enjoy as we share their day by Olga Hogan who was the perfect photographer to capture the fun and love of this sweet autumn wedding.

Bride Rebecca hails from Yorkshire and Groom Taidgh is from Celbridge in Co. Kildare, where the couple are now currently based. The pair met while they were both working in London. Rebecca fills us in, "Our first date was in a bar called ‘Concrete’ which is quite apt as Taidgh works in construction! Our first kiss was on an escalator and Olga captured this in some of the wedding photos while we were stood on some stairs outside! On my first trip to Ireland, Taidgh took me to Lough Tay in Wicklow which is where he proposed 4 years later."

The couple both love walking and the outdoors, and on her first visit to Ireland, Taidgh took Rebecca on a walk to the top of a mountain overlooking Lough Tay a few days before Christmas and popped the question!

Hairstylist Martina King was on hand for the bridal parties hair, while make up artist Odharnait Kiernan worked her magic on beauty. Both are highly recommended by Rebecca, "Martina and Odharnait were incredible and I couldn’t recommend them enough. They kept me so calm and felt like I’d know them for years!".

The couples' invites, which were designed by a talented friend represented them both both by having the Yorkshire Rose and Shamrock illustrated on them.

The couple choose to tie the knot at The Millhouse as they fell in love with its intimate setting and its modern rustic vibe. Rebecca tells us more, "The fact that they had an amazing ceremony room onsite was a huge bonus.  The staff were very professional but so personable, and you can tell they love working there so much when they were showing us around that they made us love it too!"

A college friend played violin as Rebecca made her way down the aisle which was very sweet. Her Uncle Dave also officiated the ceremony which meant the couple could design the ceremony exactly how they wanted. "We had readings from Irish poets Oscar Wilde and Seamus Heaney and then one of the bridesmaids, Holly, sang ‘Songbird’ by Eva Cassidy while we were lighting the unity candle."

The couple, along with the help of their friends and family, put a lot of love and work into organising the wedding. Rebecca tells us more, "All the handmade favours, seating plan and invites showed how other people were involved in making our day so special just like they have been involved in our lives making us who were both are as people today."

Rebecca's wedding dress is a beautiful find from The Bridal Outlet, and her bridesmaids rocked mix-and-match styles from ASOS and Monsoon. Not forgetting the guys, Taidgh and his groomsmen looked very dapper in their suits from Best Menswear!

As they reminisce on their day, Rebecca and Taidgh describe it intimate and relaxed, "This was definitely helped by the staff at The Millhouse, they were fantastic and every one of our guests commented on how amazing they were. Everyone was just so happy to be there and celebrate with us, we had a lot of people come from all over the world and to have them all in one room, knowing that this would never happen again was just magical."

The pair tell us they wanted the wedding to truly reflect themselves, "We wanted to include as many close friends, family members and local vendors in the wedding as family is very important to both of us. Rebecca’s family is very small but Taidgh’s very big yet very close, we wanted to show that through our wedding and basically have a big party celebrating two families coming together!"

The couple shares a love of music, with Rebecca being a musician and Taidgh very passionate about music too, which the couple incorporated throughout the day in small elements such as music notes on the cake.

These two have some words of wisdom to impart on other couples, "Do what YOU want to do and don’t let anyone else influence your decision. Just because you saw someone have a certain element in their wedding a few years ago doesn’t mean you have to include it in yours! We are both very non-traditional and did not want to follow any wedding ‘rules’ as such. Nothing matched in our wedding, which I loved, like the bridesmaid dresses, they all chose their own and they worked perfectly!" 

The newlyweds jetted off to New York for a few days for a well-earned honeymoon, "New York was fantastic, were we there at the end of October/beginning of November and it’s definitely the best time of year to go."

Thanks so much to Rebecca and Taidgh for sharing your gorgeous wedding day with us - and to Olga Hogan Photography for capturing it so beautifully. Make sure to visit the gallery below to see more.