wedding venues

shelly22

im looking for a wedding venue in wicklow or kildare
has anyone any sujestions or recomendations
i like the glenview hotel would like other venues to look at to, to get some ideas

clint_silver

check out the following list below (from memory so sorry if Ive left anyone out). they all have good and bad points, most of them are good. youll always find someone who had a bad night somewhere so dont worry about that too much unless you find a few bad recommendations for a venue.

Should be something for every budget in the list, a phonecall to each will guide.

I will say the Glenview is a great spot for a wedding though, at least as good as any of the places below for me.

kildare area
moyvalley
the hamlet
marriott johnstown
the keadeen
the osprey
kilashee house
clonard court
k club
barberstown castle
village at lyons
westgrove in clane
glenroyal in maynooth
carton house (if you check out carton house, you might as well try dunboyne castle 5 mins drive up the road although technically thats meath)
theres 3 in liexlip (springfield, liexlip house hotel and liffey valley house)



wicklow you have
tulfarris golf course (although nearer kildare)
summerhill house
avoca
avonri
brook lodge
rathsallagh
arklowbay
grand hotel
druids glen
parkview
ritz carlton

Moonbeam

Meath

Moyvalley
Johnstown House

Wicklow

The Parkview Hotel
Hunters Hotel
Druids Glen
I am not sure if Bel air and Devils Glen still do weddings but worth a look.

shelly22

thanks for getting back to me, lots to look at so many choices, i did not think it would be so hard looking for a venue

Max Power1

We just booked our wedding in Leixlip House Hotel for August (this year :P)

skinnimini

We just booked our wedding in the old darnley lodge for sept! Small cosy hotel, fantastic food, reasonable drink prices, plus we get the whole place to ourselves for the 2 days! The room itself is beautiful with a garden just off it perfect for photos, not just your average function room if you know wat i mean :rolleyes:. The hotel manager is extremely accommodating, would definitely recommend.

Good luck with choosing your venue!

Babooshka

Max Power1 wrote: »

We just booked our wedding in Leixlip House Hotel for August (this year :P)

Hi, how did your wedding go there, do you mind me asking?

pauldoo

Did you do one of the all in deals they do?

buddycat

Thats a great list Clint_Silver, don't suppose you'd be able to do the same for Meath by any chance

clint_silver

buddycat wrote: »

Thats a great list Clint_Silver, don't suppose you'd be able to do the same for Meath by any chance

Ill give it a go. Again, apologies if anyone got left out. Meath is very big you could be talking over an hours drive between venues. I've traversed the county a couple of times in my head so they're not in alphabetical or geographical order.
Should be something for every budget below. Take ya an hour or so to google them all and put budgets beside them to narrow them down.

Ashbourne house hotel
Pillo Ashbourne (used to be the Marriott)
Ballymagarvey
Slane castle
Tankards town
Bell inter house
Ardboyne
Station house hotel
Dunboyne castle
Trim castle
Knights brook
Clonabreany
The mill house
Boyne hill
Moy valley
City north hotel
Tattersalls house
New grange hotel
Castle arch hotel
Johnstown house
The hamlet.
Old Darnley

Darver castle isn't in Meath but I'm including here as its close enough in ardee and is one of my favorite places.

sweetie

Glebe house between slane and drogheda is very nice too.

buddycat

Thanks for that, much appreciated. It's a tricky business trying to find the right spot for the right money

Buddycat

clint_silver

buddycat wrote: »

Thanks for that, much appreciated. It's a tricky business trying to find the right spot for the right money

Buddycat

I hear ya, there's some venues in that list no matter what your budget is. 20e a head or 130e a head. (or more).

35-65e per head seems to be the midrange. You'll get a good night out of that from more than one of those places.

anything over that seems to be upper range. likes of tankardstown, bellinter and ballymagarvey are in the 90-130e range per head.

you need good food and entertainment and ya dont want it in a complete kip but what separates a good wedding from a great one is the guests. every time. Dont forget that.

buddycat

I know, we started out with very grand ideas and came back to earth with a bang when we started looking around and pricing venues. We're looking for somewhere nice but don't want to spend a fortune on it. Good food, good entertainment & good people. This is what we keep being told makes a wedding!

We're based in Ashbourne and we're hoping to do it for max 60e a head. I don't suppose there's any places from your list you'd especially recommend?

(Hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread OP but I could use all the help I can get)

clint_silver

buddycat wrote: »

I know, we started out with very grand ideas and came back to earth with a bang when we started looking around and pricing venues. We're looking for somewhere nice but don't want to spend a fortune on it. Good food, good entertainment & good people. This is what we keep being told makes a wedding!

We're based in Ashbourne and we're hoping to do it for max 60e a head. I don't suppose there's any places from your list you'd especially recommend?

(Hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread OP but I could use all the help I can get)

all the best people live in ashbourne dont you know.

I dont like giving specific good or bad recommendations online as I work with most of the vendors so I'll send ya a pm later on.

Are most of the crowd coming from ashbourne?

buddycat

Thanks that'd be great. One side coming from Dublin, the other from Navan. We're getting married in a church near Ashbourne so we're hoping to keep it wihin an hours drive. Who knew there was so much to consider when planning a wedding and this is just the beginning :eek:

sweetie

Have a look at glebe house id be surprised if they were over your budget.

liliq

I'm getting married in Boyne hill house next week, just outside navan.
A weekday wedding there (what were doing) might fit your budget?
I can't fault them so far. Lovely lovely people, gorgeous venue and the food at the tasting was excellent.

Maggie100

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I dont like giving specific good or bad recommendations online as I work with most of the vendors so I'll send ya a pm later on. [/QUOTE]

Hi Clint_Sliver, I wonder could you "pm" me your opinion on the Glenview as a wedding venue? Seriously thinking of booking, but would greatly appreciate your opinion.

South Wicklow - Ballybeg House (www.ballybeg.ie). Having the reception there this year.

sweetie

Dónal wrote: »

South Wicklow - Ballybeg House (www.ballybeg.ie). Having the reception there this year.

Lovely unique venue. Best wedding meal I ever had as a guest.