cloonacauneen castle wedding venue

rnimhuir

Hi!!my boyfriend and I are considering having our wedding here in early 2014 and were just hoping that maybe someone who has got married there recently enough could let us know how theirs went. We are looking for real layed back wedding hence we loved the outdoor barbq area.

Any info is greatly appreciated!!

Sleepy

My Dad was married there a couple of years back and a friend had their reception there a couple of years before that.

Dad's was a small family affair with the ceremony in the Castle followed by a champagne reception on the lawn and a meal for the family in a downstairs room and drinks in the bar until the small hours. Lovely night.

My friends was a more traditional wedding, 100+ guests having a sit-down meal upstairs at banqueting benches and tbh, it was a bit too crowded for that. We all had a blast anyway but dinner was quite a crush for those numbers.

It's a great location but if you're looking at large numbers you'd probably need to look elsewhere unless they've made some major changes since I was last there.

rnimhuir

Thanks sleepy. Hmmm I didnt see an upstairs just wondering if we are talking about the same place about 2 miles ftom claregalway on the Galway tuam road??

Sleepy

Yep, that's the spot. Maybe I'm mis-remembering but I thought the dining hall we had the first time was up a stairs... I could be wrong on that though!

rnimhuir

Ok cool. good to know food and location were good though thanks a mill

grahambol

I have been to a few weddings in Cloonacauneen and I think it is lovely. I remember the food being good as well. Not the biggest of venues so I reckon it would suit up to about 120 people.

frankspencer

I have work a few weddings in that venue as a DJ.has a nice touch about the place, downside for me is the main reception area is cramped a bit.

rick_fantastic

im having my wedding there in august, supposedly they can cater for up to 200 people... i was planning on having around 180/190 to the meal and wedding but might have to reconsider

really nice venue, lovely staff.. have eaten dinner there a few times and its always been good quality

Sleepy

Wait til the invites go out and the RSVP's come back: we invited over 220 and have only had about 140 positive responses.

greeneyedspirit

The upstairs area that's mentioned above is quite small - if you only have about 20 people, they'll put you in there - but it's really nice, big open fireplace, really cosy.
For my own wedding, I got ready in there (hair/makeup etc), and later on we had a few photos taken in front of a big roaring fire (wedding was in November, so it worked really well).
We had the civil ceremony downstairs in the big area in the back (not outside, brrr), the meal was set up while we had the champagne reception in the bar and the red front room, and then meal in the back room again. The area where the ceremony had been held got turned into the dancefloor for after
All in all, I think for us, it worked really really well. We did have a fairly small wedding, I think about 70 for the meal, and a few more for the afters. But we had a good bit of space like that, they can fit more tables in there for sure.

grahambol

rick_fantastic wrote: »

im having my wedding there in august, supposedly they can cater for up to 200 people... i was planning on having around 180/190 to the meal and wedding but might have to reconsider

I could be wrong about the 120 people max though, just felt like that. Maybe it does hold up to 200.

Sudamogo

Hi rnimhuir,

did you have your wedding in cloonacauneen castle? would you mind sharing your experience with me.
Please PM.

Tahonks

Sudamogo

Hi rnimhuir,

did you have your wedding in cloonacauneen castle? would you mind sharing your experience with me.
Please PM.

Thanks

Sudamogo

rnimhuir wrote: »

Hi!!my boyfriend and I are considering having our wedding here in early 2014 and were just hoping that maybe someone who has got married there recently enough could let us know how theirs went. We are looking for real layed back wedding hence we loved the outdoor barbq area.

Any info is greatly appreciated!!

Hi rnimhuir,

did you have your wedding in cloonacauneen castle? would you mind sharing your experience with me.
Please PM.

Thanks

CaraMay

I was at a party there and all the people staying over complained about the accommodation. They were so cold they went and bought hot water bottles / pajamas the Saturday in advance of staying the second night. The rooms are very very small as well and overall the accommodation let the place down. Maybe it's been done up as this was 4/ 5 /6 years ago.

westernlass

Cloughan castle is worth looking at also. Same area and style but it Is self catering