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Kilkea Castle- good wedding venue?

  • 08-08-2009 8:04pm
    #1
    nickibicki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    HI all

    Can anyone voice their opinions on Kilkea Castle as a wedding venue? What is the food like? Are the guest bedrooms nice?


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  • #2
    DDigital
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭DDigital


    Ive done a few wedding videos in it and in the process that took me into the rooms and allowed me to experience the food.

    So overall my opinion would be that the food is lovely, bedrooms are great and its got a genuine "castle" feel to it. They have a long tradition of hosting weddings and from my perspective its a great venue and particularly lends itself to the visual aspects of your wedding. Kinnity castle in Offaly is also a great place and similar in theme.


  • #3
    nickibicki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭nickibicki


    Thanks DDigital- i went to see the venue last week and thought the bedrooms very very rundown and in need of redecoration??

    anyone else got any views on kilkea castle as a prospective wedding venue?


  • #4
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    I djed at a wedding after the Kaye twins recently and whilst the room is nice and quite roomy there were problems with the power supply when I set up causing the power to shut off in the middle of a song. It would suggest they need to spend some money on electircal work.


  • #5
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    Ive been a guest at 3 weddings there in the past 2 years. Rooms ok - didnt pay much attention tbh. Food is great. Nice authentic feel to the place. Overall Id consider it a good venue.


  • #6
    nickibicki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭nickibicki


    any other kilkea brides out there??

    really want to get more feedback on this place..

    anyone having their wedding there and have received discounts/ haggled on prices??


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    It has the wow factor from the outside. Food is good, rooms only OK for the price, service patchy.
    If you want to impress people it certainly 'looks' good. I actually found it a bit cold and musty, but I'm not a castle-y kind of person anyway.


  • #8
    gemsan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭gemsan


    we have booked it - was at my friends wedding there a couple of years back and it was fab -


  • #9
    nickibicki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭nickibicki


    hey gemsan. did you haggle on the costs? havent tried yet but will do!

    There prices are a bit too high!


  • #10
    dreamsforfacts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭dreamsforfacts


    I was a guest at a wedding in Kilkea and thought it was most over-rated as a venue. Food was reasonable..nothing to write home about...the function room was lovely however the grounds were unkept..lawns needing cutting and flower beds needed to be seen to...our bedroom was an absolute disgrace for the money we paid...which in itself was scandelous...far nicer venues around in my opinion...each to their own!!good luck


  • #11
    Poppy2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭Poppy2


    Did anyone else know that Kilkea Castle is shut down since March 2010!!
    I was on their website lots of time lately checking it as a possible venue for my wedding next year, but there was no mention of it being closed anywhere.
    So I took the day off work and traveled with family to visit it today only to find it completely closed up:(


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