Sunday Weddings

ChocolateOrange

Hi all,

I'm thinking of getting married on a Sunday. Reason is that we want a small wedding (90 ish) and most of the hotels we like insist on minimum numbers of 120 - 130 for fri and sat nights. I figured having it on a Sunday means people would only have to take one day of work on the Monday, also it would make it easier for relatives flying home from UK to come in on Fri or Sat without taking more days off.

I know we can get priest and church but I'm not sure how easy it is to get bands / dj / photographer / florist / hairdresser etc.

If anyone has any experience of this I'd appreciate your comments.

Thanks

azzeretti

I'm married about 5 years now, but at the time we wanted to get married on a Sunday. We were informed that it was impossible to marry in this country on a Sunday. The priests wouldn't entertain us at all. Has this changed?

ChocolateOrange

I know a some friends of friends have got married on a Sunday. Our priest is a friend of the family and it doesn't seem to be a problem.

seamus

Generally the only reason it's an issue is because they won't cancel standard church services for you to get married.

If you find a church that only runs say two masses on a Sunday (or even none), then it shouldn't be a problem.

Eoin

seamus wrote: »

If you find a church that only runs say two masses on a Sunday (or even none), then it shouldn't be a problem.

Yeah, I'd say that's the hardest part - once the Priest is happy, then you're good to go.

mikeanywhere

If you want to get married on a Sunday, then just go for it.

Getting the band etc might be a problem but I am sure there are enough of them out there who will want your business. I also suggest visiting www.weddingsonline.ie for a lot more detailed discussion.

Good luck with it all

Lizzykins

I was at a Sunday wedding in Cavan last August. I asked a taxi driver how Sunday weddings were allowed and he said it was up to the local bishop. Cavan diocese allowed Sinday weddings but Monagahan didn't according to him. So I suppose it depends where you live.

Lizzykins

PS My sister who is getting married in July had trouble with hotels insisting on 150+ guests at the weekend and 120* mid week. She has booked Finnstown House in Lucan for a mid week and they seem to have no trouble with 90 odd guests. Hope this helps.

watna

I went to a Sunday wedding a few years ago. My ex's brother was getting married. The bride is an actress and just wrote to the bishop to say her actor friends all worked on saturdays and she needed to get married on a sunday. As far as I remember she had no other problems with having the wedding on a Sunday. I would have thought bands etc would be happy for another day in the weekend to make money. You might have to collect the flowers the day before though.

the_syco

The only problem I see is: does the local tux place open on the Sunday? Mate had his wedding in Galway just before xmas: it was black-tie, and pretty much everyone not directly related (ie: sisters, brothers, parents) got the tux's in the morning of the wedding (t'were all prebooked, of course).

If it ain't black tie, you should be grand. Just ensure that the place you have the afters in can get/has a late night license for the Sunday night.

Eoin

the_syco wrote: »

The only problem I see is: does the local tux place open on the Sunday? Mate had his wedding in Galway just before xmas: it was black-tie, and pretty much everyone not directly related (ie: sisters, brothers, parents) got the tux's in the morning of the wedding (t'were all prebooked, of course).

If it ain't black tie, you should be grand. Just ensure that the place you have the afters in can get/has a late night license for the Sunday night.

You normally pick the tux up the day before, so that shouldn't be an issue.