Lisa McNamara and Mark Kelly
Castletroy Park Hotel, Co. Limerick
Photos courtesy of Paul Mullins Photography
The Meet
On a wild night out in Nancy Blakes, celebrating Saint Patricks Day in 2013, Lisa and Mark were introduced to one another by Mark’s best friend, and they immediately hit it off. Since then, the couple have bought a house and have loved every second of living together for the last six years. It’s safe to say that their mutual love of soccer and weekend trips away, has made life living together even more blissful.
The Engagement
The Wedding
In all the excitement, Lisa and Mark did not hesitate in beginning to plan their wedding and had almost everything booked within four weeks. They decided that 2023 would be their year as they would also be celebrating their 10-year anniversary. Therefore, they decided on the Castletroy Park Hotel where an intimate and personal civil ceremony took place. Lisa, who stunned in her wedding gown, took to the aisle as “Beautiful in White” by Westlife was performed by Jason Fahy. Lisa was greeted by her soon to be husband and wedding celebrant Mary O’Donovan, who is credited for describing the couple to a tee and ensured both the newlyweds and the guests thoroughly enjoyed the ceremony. After the nuptials, the couple went out with their photographer, Paul Mullins, for some fantastic pictures, including one of their favourites of them sitting across from each other in the Hurler’s pub in Castletroy, pint in hand cheering to the celebrations at hand.
The newly married couple and their guests thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful reception as they danced their first dance to the song “Heaven” by Bryan Adams, citing that the music performed by Traffic Wedding Band was simply “outstanding”.
One piece of advice the couple deemed as most important is to “keep calm and don’t stress. Everyone is there to support you and the day will be amazing.”
Lisa and Mark attended one of the Munster Wedding Extravaganza shows and booked most of their suppliers from the show.
Suppliers
Engagement Rings Tadhg Kearney Jewellers, Co. Limerick
Wedding rings Tadhg Kearney Jewellers Co. Limerick
Wedding Dress Lilac Rose, Co. Limerick
Suits Esquire Formal Wear, Co. Limerick
Photographer Paul Mullins Photography Co. Limerick
Cake The Fairyqueen Shannon
Wedding Celebrant Mary O’Donovan
Ceremony Music Jason Fahy
Band and DJ Traffic Wedding Band
Wedding Car Irish Diamond Limousines
Hair Lisa McCormack
Makeup Sarah Jane Blake
Invitations McNamara Printers
Caricature Ralph McMahon
Flowers Flower Creations by Nicola
Honeymoon Best4Travel Limerick
How was your experience with the Castletroy Park Hotel?
“The minute we emailed and met with Nicola Fagan in the Castletroy Park Hotel we knew it was the hotel for us. The food on the day and the service was just out of this world and the décor was just so beautiful you could see all the effort that the team had invested in the day.”
How was your experience with Paul Mullins Photography?
“We booked Paul Mullins as we had seen previous work he had done and we had met him at one of the Munster Wedding Extravaganzas. Paul was amazing to deal with and the ideas for the wedding day on going to the Hurlers was a great idea.”
