wedding of the year in miltown

gailgo

hey any one get a peak at all the celebs in miltown on friday

fryup

why was miltown malbay chosen as the location of the wedding??

i taught it would have somewhere in co louth > where they're from

finbarrk

They used Miltown church as it isn't far from the Doonbeg Golf club where they were having the reception.
Seemingly the grooms dad has invested in it.

tuxy

Someone got married?

dh0661

finbarrk wrote: »

Seemingly the grooms dad has invested in it.

Cheapskates :mad: - using a hotel that daddy has invested in to get a discount on your reception.

Maybe this recession is worse than I thought. :rolleyes:

exiot

what celebrities?

Did Mohammed Ali take a wrong turn??? ha

tuxy

exiot wrote: »

what celebrities?

Did Mohammed Ali take a wrong turn??? ha

kurt Hilyard and eve Paull

Jay P

I was working there

fergusman

finbarrk wrote: »

They used Miltown church as it isn't far from the Doonbeg Golf club where they were having the reception.
Seemingly the grooms dad has invested in it.

Doonbeg is owned by an american buddy darby, also owns Kiawah island resort in the states.
Desmond has nothing to do with it.

gailgo

trust me there was no resession when it came to that wedding, and d desmond has a share in the golf club

Jim Martin

I was surprised to see that there was only a very brief mention in this week's "Clare Champion", I thought it would be splattered all over the front page! Maybe there was some kind of media blackout imposed on the local press?

gailgo

no the local media were there and got photos no one was blacked out from the church , but no one could get near the hotel

finbarrk

Jim Martin wrote: »

I was surprised to see that there was only a very brief mention in this week's "Clare Champion", I thought it would be splattered all over the front page! Maybe there was some kind of media blackout imposed on the local press?

It looks like all the media boycotted the Golf Club probably due to the restrictions placed on them. They all gave plenty of publicity to Miltown Malbay though.

finbarrk

fergusman wrote: »

Doonbeg is owned by an american buddy darby, also owns Kiawah island resort in the states.
Desmond has nothing to do with it.

Are you sure of that?

gailgo

finbarrk wrote: »

Are you sure of that?

he is part owner in both of them

gailgo

finbarrk wrote: »

It looks like all the media boycotted the Golf Club probably due to the restrictions placed on them. They all gave plenty of publicity to Miltown Malbay though.

no one in the media were allowed there ,even the staff were not allowed take photos and no camera phones were allowed

fergusman

gailgo wrote: »

trust me there was no resession when it came to that wedding, and d desmond has a share in the golf club

Desmond has NOTHING to do with Doonbeg despite what the Irish Independent may have wrote, as usual it wasnt researched very well.

fergusman

gailgo wrote: »

he is part owner in both of them

I'll bet you 500 euro hes not!!!:p
Kiawah island development partners which is buddy darby and another guy whose name i forget own both, end of and i'm 1000% sure. If you go to the doonbeg or kiawah website it gives more info...
was talking to a member back there about all this only last week, he was laughing at the independent saying desmond owned it.
He was not too happy though about getting a letter from Doonbeg telling him he would not be welcome at the resort on the day of the wedding despite being a member. No one except staff and guests were allowed onsite. Press were banned from the reception completely.
If I had shelled out that sort of money I wouldnt be delighted either....

Jay P

gailgo wrote: »

no one in the media were allowed there ,even the staff were not allowed take photos and no camera phones were allowed

Hardly surprising. No matter what wedding you're at you're not going to want any waiters taking pictures of the centre pieces or any of the crap. Contracts were also signed saying we wouldn't divulge any dirt about the wedding.

gailgo

fergusman wrote: »

I'll bet you 500 euro hes not!!!:p
Kiawah island development partners which is buddy darby and another guy whose name i forget own both, end of and i'm 1000% sure. If you go to the doonbeg or kiawah website it gives more info...
was talking to a member back there about all this only last week, he was laughing at the independent saying desmond owned it.
He was not too happy though about getting a letter from Doonbeg telling him he would not be welcome at the resort on the day of the wedding despite being a member. No one except staff and guests were allowed onsite. Press were banned from the reception completely.
If I had shelled out that sort of money I wouldnt be delighted either....

And you are so sure of this , HOW. thats a lot of money to throw away.

bernardo mac

Corr blimey she's joined the nouveau riche,the elite,the new economic overlords in our so called Republic.Let's not give such people any special status.Celebrity=tabloid status= cowtowing=pages of trite sh*** about self seeking,tax avoiding experts.Don't like the repetitive warble either!

Jay P

bernardo mac wrote: »

Corr blimey she's joined the nouveau riche,the elite,the new economic overlords in our so called Republic.Let's not give such people any special status.Celebrity=tabloid status= cowtowing=pages of trite sh*** about self seeking,tax avoiding experts.Don't like the repetitive warble either!

Nouveau rich? Hardly. She was already minted, and the guy is a billionaire. Hardly nouveau.

Teadrinker

bernardo mac wrote: »

Corr blimey she's joined the nouveau riche,the elite,the new economic overlords in our so called Republic.Let's not give such people any special status.Celebrity=tabloid status= cowtowing=pages of trite sh*** about self seeking,tax avoiding experts.Don't like the repetitive warble either!

Cowtowing? Don't like the sound of that at all!

bernardo mac

should be the other nouveau riche

BLITZ_Molloy

Hey now. Let's not get all sniffy with Andrea over her wealth.

Let's get sniffy over her performance in The Boys & Girl from County Clare. It's going to take decades to repair the county's reputation after that tatty piece of celluloid.

I was surprised they felt the need to take all the precautions with regards to keeping the wedding private. They're not that famous. Still, the money involved is a drop in the ocean for that guy so I don't blame him.

fryup

BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »

Let's get sniffy over her performance in The Boys & Girl from County Clare. It's going to take decades to repair the county's reputation after that tatty piece of celluloid.

yes, im surprised she wasn't lynched:cool:

Jim Martin

finbarrk wrote: »

It looks like all the media boycotted the Golf Club probably due to the restrictions placed on them. They all gave plenty of publicity to Miltown Malbay though.

The Clare Champion item was very small!

Teadrinker

Jim Martin wrote: »

The Clare Champion item was very small!

And The Clare People had just the one photo with the story, this, despite the fact that many of the merry throng that gathered outside the church came away with great photos of the style and the wedding party including the bride and groom and Bono in his big shoes and all! Wonder what kind of editorial decision making in both papers went into virtually ignoring the event? Most people, especially the ladies, love a wedding and would have appreciated photographic coverage, despite 'the gentry among the peasants' feel to the thing! Still, there were a good few people thankful that there weren't photos of the great flower takeaway from the church after the wedding!

gailgo

Teadrinker wrote: »

And The Clare People had just the one photo with the story, this, despite the fact that many of the merry throng that gathered outside the church came away with great photos of the style and the wedding party including the bride and groom and Bono in his big shoes and all! Wonder what kind of editorial decision making in both papers went into virtually ignoring the event? Most people, especially the ladies, love a wedding and would have appreciated photographic coverage, despite 'the gentry among the peasants' feel to the thing! Still, there were a good few people thankful that there weren't photos of the great flower takeaway from the church after the wedding!

now i have to say , i was there and the flowers were amazing and i would think,a lot of work went into them.

Teadrinker

gailgo wrote: »

now i have to say , i was there and the flowers were amazing and i would think,a lot of work went into them.

Flowers were by Mary Mulqueen of Ennis and were perfection and, can I say, very long lasting!

gailgo

Teadrinker wrote: »

Flowers were by Mary Mulqueen of Ennis and were perfection and, can I say, very long lasting!

your right mary is one of the top florists in the country,you can be sure it was done right

golfball37

The only reason for the privacy was they had signed an exclusive deal with Hello or Ok [I can't remember].

They'd sicken you all the same. Imagine paying 55k a year membership to be told you can't turn up on a certain day !

gailgo

golfball37 wrote: »

The only reason for the privacy was they had signed an exclusive deal with Hello or Ok [I can't remember].

They'd sicken you all the same. Imagine paying 55k a year membership to be told you can't turn up on a certain day ![/q
they signed nothing of the sort,get your facts correct .

Teadrinker

gailgo wrote: »

golfball37 wrote: »

The only reason for the privacy was they had signed an exclusive deal with Hello or Ok [I can't remember].

They'd sicken you all the same. Imagine paying 55k a year membership to be told you can't turn up on a certain day ![/q
they signed nothing of the sort,get your facts correct .

It's good for their souls, assuming they still have any. What is that Bible quote about it being harder for a rich man to get through the eye of a needle than for a camel to get into heaven?

croker95

golfball37 wrote: »

Imagine paying 55k a year membership to be told you can't turn up on a certain day !

€55k a YEAR.....Think not !:rolleyes:
Not even €5k a year....I think its around €2k which is still very saucey to play golf in Doonbeg except when somebody decides that you are not the type they want around for their special day.....

fergusman

gailgo wrote: »

And you are so sure of this , HOW. thats a lot of money to throw away.

the 500 was just a joke but yeah i'm very sure, if Desmond was any way involved it would have come out years ago.

If he had anything invested in Kiawah island llc, there would definitely be news reports or a mention of it somewhere online or in the press it would be akin to Sean Quinn investing in the belfry and that was allover the place.
Kiawah is huge and is very famous in the U.S. it would not have gone unnoticed.

Similarly if he had invested in Doonbeg it would have been publicised. If you look at the CRO documents of the various companies operating doonbeg there is no mention of Desmond anywhere.
Doonbeg have not been slow to publicise their more famous members.
The only reference anywhere to him being involved in Doonbeg is the irish independent article, and you if you trust that particular pile of excrement as your main source then i rest my case... :pac:

woggie

eh excuse me but the wedding of the year this year was not Miltown Malbay last weekend it was Quilty in May.... and it was mine LOL:D

bernardo mac

Yoooooohoooo! An extended Clare Shout of congratulations to Woggie and his Bride. Real people!:)

Teadrinker

bernardo mac wrote: »

Yoooooohoooo! An extended Clare Shout of congratulations to Woggie and his Bride. Real people!:)

Woggie and her groom, surely?

bernardo mac

Teadrinker wrote: »

Woggie and her groom, surely?

Yoooops! Arrah sure the craic was ninety anyways:)

golfball37

gailgo wrote: »

golfball37 wrote: »

The only reason for the privacy was they had signed an exclusive deal with Hello or Ok [I can't remember].

They'd sicken you all the same. Imagine paying 55k a year membership to be told you can't turn up on a certain day ![/q
they signed nothing of the sort,get your facts correct .

Ahem- Anyone check out the 12 page spread in this weeks Hello magazine just out of interest?

bernardo mac

could via a free look in newsagents but quite afraid I'd get physically and mentally ill

Teadrinker

golfball37 wrote: »

gailgo wrote: »

Ahem- Anyone check out the 12 page spread in this weeks Hello magazine just out of interest?

I leafed through an issue on sale but no photos of the wedding. What's on the cover of that issue, do you know? Interested only so that I can be horrified of course!

gailgo

what is it with everyone here , why the bad remarks on this wedding, is it because they have money, if it was any other celb would they get the same bad remarks, both these familys are very nice familys, i thin fair play to them that they have made something of themselves and have been so successful.