[skippy15]

I am getting married at the end of 2013 on a Saturday,

I am having a civil ceremony, ( so rule at standard church wedding, and priests will not marry outside of church)
Spiritualist Union of Ireland- total scam, not willing to use these due to personal reasons-
Unitarian Church- will now only legally marry in their own establishment (so no use)

HSE registrar- will only work Mon- Fri- seems no way around this

Humanist- are not legally registered to marry us. Will choose this option so far- with a registery office the week before

Pastors- having trouble getting in contact with a reliable source who can marry us

Any other ideas, solutions, alternatives would be greatly appreciated?

[liliq]

I thought I heard recently that the humanists are getting legalised?

[angeldelight]

Originally Posted by skippy15

Unitarian Church- will now only legally marry in their own establishment (so no use)

Why does that rule them out?

[pwurple]

Priests marry people outside of churches. Ours did.

[skippy15]

Originally Posted by angeldelight

Why does that rule them out?

We basically want a civil ceremony and someone who can legally marry us at our hotel venue, this would basically be no different from getting married in a church somewhere

Originally Posted by pwurple

Priests marry people outside of churches. Ours did.

Really? I have talked to local priests (1 who is retired) and both said they would do not marry outside of church. Where was this if ya don't mine me asking?

Humanists are in the pipeline, but they do not know for sure. In an ideal the legislation goes through....but looking at the Irish political system im not holding my breath

[Senna]

A priest i know did marry a couple in a hotel, but he thought he was only doing a blessing and then the couple produced the forms for him to sign, he did sign them and the couple were married but if he had of know he wouldn't have done it, he was just too civil to say anything to them.

[Ickle Magoo]

Would it not make more sense to find someone to marry you/somewhere to get married and work out a day/date from there than declare a day/date and discover you can't actually get married then?

What about getting married outside of Ireland...registrars in the UK work weekends.

[pwurple]

Hiya, as far as I know it's not a church rule, but up to the individual priests. I've Pmed you the email address of ours. But you would be better off finding someone who knows a youngish priest maybe and asking them. Retired priests are probably not going to be interested in doing something out of the normal run of things.

[dub8]

Have yout tried Tom Colton , he can legaly marry you on a saturday , ! We are having him , have heard absolutly great reports from about him , !

http://spiritualceremonies.ie/?page_id=2

[Sleepy]

Originally Posted by skippy15

Spiritualist Union of Ireland- total scam, not willing to use these due to personal reasons

As someone who has them booked for a wedding early next year, I'm curious to hear these?

Since you're looking at the end of next year, I'd say the Humanists should be legal by then. The legislation isn't far off from being passed afaik.

[fuddy1]

You may just have to change the day of the week for your wedding. We booked a weekday as we wanted to ensure we had a civil ceremony. We booked the humanists too because the legislation allowing them to perform legal wedding ceremonies was supposed to pass in the Dail before the summer break on 19th july. For reasons unknown the legislation wasnt processed as promised by the government so the humanists again have to wait. We are now going with a civil ceremony with a HSE registrar, I must say so far they are really nice.
We looked at the spritualist union of Ireland too but it just didnt sit well with me....not comfortable funding people who believe/claim they are mediums and take money from vunerable people to contact their dead relatives. (Thats just my opinion and I'm sorry in advance if that offends anyone.)

[SmilingLurker]

Originally Posted by skippy15

I am getting married at the end of 2013 on a Saturday,

You may be lucky, there is a bill before the oireachtas to allow the humanists to marry people legally. Myself and my wife did the civil, then had a humanist ceremony. (Brian Whiteside as celebrant). I would strongly recommend talking to him/ the HAI

Good luck and congratulations, hope you have a great day!

[gowayouttadat]

Originally Posted by skippy15

I am getting married at the end of 2013 on a Saturday,


Unitarian Church- will now only legally marry in their own establishment (so no use)

Just wondering if this is correct? we had a Unitarian marry us a few weeks ago and it most definitely wasn't in their establishment.

[skippy15]

Originally Posted by SmilingLurker

You may be lucky, there is a bill before the oireachtas to allow the humanists to marry people legally. Myself and my wife did the civil, then had a humanist ceremony. (Brian Whiteside as celebrant). I would strongly recommend talking to him/ the HAI

Good luck and congratulations, hope you have a great day!

Ye I have a meeting arranged with Brian, and hopefully the Humanist gets sorted in the meantime- hopefully!

Oh that's first Ive heard of UNitarian doing it outside their establishment, I stand corrected. Can I ask what venue you used so?

[angeldelight]

The Unitarian marriage solemnisers will only marry people either in their own establishment or Brook Lodge. This only changed quite recently and is only for new bookings