Sarah Murphy of SM Pro Make-Up
Two local businesses have been shortlisted in the final five for the prestigious Irish Wedding Diary Awards.
Videographer Gerry Duffy has been nominated in the top five Wedding Videographers while make-up artist Sarah Murphy of SM Pro Make-Up has also been named in the top five for the Irish Make-Up Artist of the Year award.
People are asked to log on to www.irishweddingdiary.ie/awards to vote for both Gerry and Sarah to help ensure they land the overall prizes.
Alan Wilson and Jacqueline Cooling with their daughter. The couple have set up a campaign to try and get Gary Barlow to perform at their wedding next month
Two local brides are battling it out to have Take That front man Gary Barlow perform at their weddings in 2015.
The former X Factor judged announced via his Twitter page in recent days that he would perform at three weddings in 2015 and he has been inundated with requests from brides and grooms to be since then.
Amongst those hoping to catch the eye of the multi-platinum selling artists are local couples Jacqueline Cooling and Alan Wilson and Sarah Smyth and John Kenwright.
Jacqueline and Alan will be getting married in Ballymagarvey Village in Co Meath on February 27th and have launched a Twitter page to help their campaign. The couple have been sending various rewritten lyrics to Gary to help catch his eye and you can follow them here.
Sarah and John, who have featured on radio this morning, stand to benefit in more ways than one if Gary decides to perform on their big day in Bellingham Castle in August.
Local videographer Gerry Duffy has offered to do her wedding video for free if Gary turns up on the day and following his kind request The Wedding Guy has offered to plan it for free if Gary performs on the day.
Barlow has already chosen one lucky couple but will not be revealing who they are until after the event.
Aoife and Roddy share a kiss at Bellingham Castle on Saturday. Picture: Gerry Duffy
Bellingham Castle hosted its first wedding since its revamp on Saturday when Aoife Kilpatrick and Roddy Webster celebrated their marriage in the stunning Bute Suite.
Ciara Carolan of the hotel has very kindly shared an image of the room below while local videographer Gerry Duffy shared some pictures of the happy couple on his Facebook page.
Aoife, from Dublin, and Roddy from Shorpshire in the UK, are said to have had a great day in Bellingham and they are sure to be the first of many couples to celebrate there in the months and years ahead.
Glasses awaiting the arrival of guests for the champagne reception at Bellingham Castle
The Bute Suite set up for the bridal party
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