Less than half of weddings take place in a Catholic church as civil ceremonies continue to remain popular. 'I arrived by boat, which I definitely wouldn't have been able to do if it was in a church.”
More unique and personal“We've been to a few that we didn't love and we just kind of wanted a civil one ourselves,” the groom said. “Something a bit more unique and personal to us.”
The bride noted the decrease in religious she has attended: “When all of our friends in their twenties got married, it was religious and now we're in our thirties and it's mostly civil ceremonies.”“[A civil ceremony] suited our circumstances because we’re a blended family,” he said. “This option gave us the most space to include the kids on the day.”“The best part of it was that I arrived by boat,” she said. “Which I definitely wouldn't have been able to do if it was in a church.
“Very often people will come and say, ‘I heard about a sand ceremony, I heard about using candles I heard about a wine box ceremony, all of these different things,” she said. “The essence of all of those extra inclusions is to symbolize what it is that you're bringing to the ceremony,” she explained.Catholic weddings
Roman Catholic weddings still account for the most marriages in Ireland, and many people still prefer a traditional ceremony.Another couple married for 24 years said they might have held a civil ceremony, but"the option wasn’t there”.The husband said it might have been easier not to send guests to the Church and then “all the way to the hotel”.
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