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Why get Married in a Barn?

A Hotel as your wedding venue or a Country House the first decision to make when choosing your wedding venue. Dunmore Gardens is not a hotel venue. It is a period house dating from 1742, the cellars pre-date the siege of Derry,...

Funky Cakes and Wedding Cakes

This week we caught up with Funky Cakes which is based in the Craft Village right in the centre of Derry City, ran by Claire & Sean. They told us what they loved most about wedding cakes and gave us a break...

International Women’s Day

A day of celebrating womanhood or a day for protest! To fight for a more gender-balanced world? Living in Russia our family grew up with International Women’s day as a MAJOR celebration. You could nearly call it a public holiday. However...

Top Tips for Choosing your Wedding Photographer

We caught up with one of our favourite photographers Gemma Gilfillan who gives us some top tips on choosing a wedding photographer. Choosing a photographer can be one of the most agonising decisions to make when planning a wedding. Not surprising as...

A Chat with a Humanist Celebrant

In a late evening chat with Joe Armstrong he answered some of my questions about humanist weddings. Is a humanist wedding legal in Ireland? If the celebrant is accredited by the Humanist Association of Ireland and so long as the wedding takes...

Arbutus Catering talks weddings at Dunmore Gardens

Q: *Why do you enjoy working with Dunmore Gardens?* A: Dunmore Gardens is a truly unique venue – so rich in history. The house and walled gardens create a romantic backdrop to any wedding. On top of this, the family...

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