'Revenge of the photographers' on our table
Caroline and Chris's Wedding, Spanish Point, County Clare, Ireland - 26th October 2006
Two friends of Isobel - Caroline and Chris - get married in Clouna Church, somewhere in the wilds of County Clare in Western Ireland, and follow up with a reception at Burke's Armada Hotel at Spanish Point. Nosher was meant to be at "part 1", but thanks to the A14 being bunged up (even at 6.15am), the intended Ry-unfair flight at Stansted was missed by about 10 minutes, which led to a dash down to Heathrow to try and catch a later Aer Lingus. This too, thanks to a combination of just missing several things by a few minutes, was overshot by 10 minutes and so there were several hours of hanging around at Heathrow to waiting for a 2pm flight. At least there was the sight of several heavily-armed coppers inspecting and disarming an abandoned rucsack nearby, and then interrogating some haples teenager with a guitar who was obviously plotting to cause mass panic by playing "Stairway to Heaven" on a flight to Ibiza or something. Nosher eventually made it to the hotel, after picking up a hire car from Shannon airport, for the main course (which had been kept on the table by Isobel) and quickly made up for lost time with a few glasses of wine and several pints of Guinness, followed by a bit of a thrash on the dancefloor to bop along to the Ceilidh band. The next day, the wedding moves over to Corofin and the Bofey Quinn pub, where there's a music night and plenty of free snacks. There's a bonus as the pub is only a short stagger away from the B&B we're staying in.
next album: Corofin, Ennistymon and The Burran, County Clare, Western Ireland - 27th October 2006
previous album: The CAMRA Norwich Beer Festival, St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich - 25th October 2006
Caroline's dad does a speech
Caroline and her dad
A speech from the Scottish contingent
The cakes are cut
Caroline is surrounded by her posse
The first dance
A ceilidh kicks off
Loads of ceilidh dancing
Caroline dances
More ceilidh action
Nosher
Caroline reaches out to someone
Stripping the willow
Isobel in the action
Several kilts and the odd sgian dubh
The band
Some animated conversation
Caroline waves
More dancing
Isobel signs the wedding book next morning
Guests gathered in the hotel's reception
There's a massed gathering in the morning
A video is watched
Trad music in Bofey Quinn
At the bar
A fiddler awaits
More singing in the bar
There's some amusement in the band
A great story is told
The story continues
Scenes in the bar
Caroline plays a bit of penny whistle
Gary gets a snog
Conversation in Bofey's
Nosher's pints
The guitarist gets carried away
Some bodhrún sticks are waved around
Chris and Caroline do some dancing
A crowded bar
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'Revenge of the photographers' on our table
'Revenge of the photographers' on our table
Caroline's dad does a speech
Caroline and her dad
A speech from the Scottish contingent
The cakes are cut
Caroline is surrounded by her posse
The first dance
A ceilidh kicks off
Loads of ceilidh dancing
Caroline dances
More ceilidh action
Nosher
Caroline reaches out to someone
Stripping the willow
Isobel in the action
Several kilts and the odd sgian dubh
The band
Some animated conversation
Caroline waves
More dancing
Isobel signs the wedding book next morning
Guests gathered in the hotel's reception
There's a massed gathering in the morning
A video is watched
Trad music in Bofey Quinn
At the bar
A fiddler awaits
More singing in the bar
There's some amusement in the band
A great story is told
The story continues
Scenes in the bar
Caroline plays a bit of penny whistle
Gary gets a snog
Conversation in Bofey's
Nosher's pints
The guitarist gets carried away
Some bodhrún sticks are waved around
Chris and Caroline do some dancing
A crowded bar