Darver Castle voted best Castle Wedding Venue in Ireland

Darver Castle has been voted as the best castle venue in Ireland to get married in by popular wedding site, Mrs2Be.ie.

The venue, which is run by the Carville family, saw off competition from the likes of Barberstown Castle, Castle Leslie, Kilronan Castle, Kinnity Castle and Lough Rynn to scoop the prestigious prize.

It had also been shortlisted for the Best Wedding Venue in Leinster, with Castle Leslie in Monaghan scooping the Ulster award.

Other locals nominated including magician Ruairí O’Connor, who was shortlisted for the Best Wedding Entertainment award.

Butterflyz and Angelz in Park Street had been nominated for Best Bridal Retailer while Candy Buffet was also shortlisted for the Best Wedding Candy Buffet Provider award.

Darver Castle looking to expand

Darver Castle are hoping to extend the reception area of the castle.

Owner Aidan Carville has applied to Louth County Council for planning permission for a 13 square metre extension to the 15^th Century castle, which is a protected structure.

The local authority are due to make a decision on the matter on March 19^th.

Bellingham Castle taking shape

Thanks to local digital artist Paul Connolly for sharing this sneaky shot of the new look Bellingham Castle, which was scheduled to open in June but has been delayed slightly.

The Castlebellingham-based castle was bought last year by the Corscadden family, who are best known in this area for running Cabra Castle in Kingscourt. Their hope is to transform Bellingham into an equally as impressive wedding venue and extensive renovation work has been going on for some time to transform the historic property into a 22 bedroom, 4 star boutique style castle, with exclusive wedding hire.

It might be a while yet until it opens but it’s certainly looking the part based on Paul’s picture.

For all enquiries relating to Bellingham Castle please tel: 042 9679930.

Source: Paul Connolly Digital Artist (Facebook)