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Celebrant v Solemniser - - which did/would you opt for?

  • 12-01-2018 08:52AM
    #1
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,163 ✭✭✭


    I am way past the 'age' of peers' weddings but I'm hoping that boards people may be able to advise .... those of you who are attending numerous weddings per year at this stage - approx what percentage of those weddings have a 'celebrant' only v. a solemniser i.e. someone who conducts the ceremony but cannot conduct the legal part, which would have to be done in a registry office or with a registered solemniser (on another occasion presumably).

    There is a course coming up to 'train' as a celebrant but there's a hefty fee attached and I would not be happy if I were to do the course and then discover that most couples will want a solemniser, not just a celebrant.


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  • #2
    lazygal
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    We had a non legal celebrant because at the time humanist weddings were not legally recognised.
    Pluses: We didn't have to adhere to the rules on the ceremony being open to the public; the location was wherever we wanted; and we had the ceremony we wanted without having to stick in the HSE mandated legal bits. Plus, two wedding anniversaries

    Cons: We had to do a legal wedding the week before and pay for two ceremonies.

    I would still choose the way we did our weddings. Having to do two ceremonies turned out really nicely for us. It also separated what we really wanted from what the state told us we had to do.


  • #3
    GingerLily
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    You don't need any qualification to celebrate a non legal wedding so I would be wary of investing a significant sum of money into becoming a celebrant.

    We had a humanist celebrant who was a registered solomiser, if we were unable to get our solomiser we would have got friend to act as celebrant (he had before for a friend's wedding), and then had registery office wedding.


  • #4
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,163 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    Thanks to both of you - yes, you are right there GingerLily - no "qualification" needed but I suppose I saw it as a way of (i) getting ideas and (ii) making contacts for weddings ....


  • #5
    GingerLily
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,766 ✭✭✭GingerLily


    tuisginideach wrote: »
    Thanks to both of you - yes, you are right there GingerLily - no "qualification" needed but I suppose I saw it as a way of (i) getting ideas and (ii) making contacts for weddings ....

    I guess it depends how "hefty" the price is? That's up to you


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