Waterford Weddings: Musical couple celebrate spooktacular day
Guests fully embraced the Halloween themed wedding. Photo: Colin Shanahan
Ellenor Upton from Avondale and Ciarán Delaney from Viewmount were married on Halloween night.
They met in Katty Barry's Bar at an open session three years ago, both are musicians so they hit it off straight away and shortly after they started the trad band The Knockadollys.
Ellenor owns Waterford Centre of Music with her sister Jean, and Ciarán joined the team two years ago.
Ciarán proposed at Annascaul Lake (Ellenor's favourite place in the world) in July this year with her family there.
They started planning straight away for a Halloween wedding!
Ellenor said: "We both wanted a wedding that was very relaxed and fun for ourselves and all of our guests, and we both love Halloween (we fully decorate our house every year), so we thought what better night than on Halloween itself!
"Locally known Jamie Roche and Craig Cunningham from Big Bear are close friends and build our sets for our shows every year, so we knew we had the right duo, along with local sound engineer James Hayes (another close friend), to bring this vision to life! They completely transformed The Greenway Manor as you can see in the photos."
Ciarán went as The Phantom of the Opera and came down the aisle on a boat, followed by Ciarán's best man and their best boy - their dog Déise, along with Ellenor's nephew Noah and Ciarán's niece Sophie.
Ellenor was dressed as a Pagan witch, led in a Pagan procession by her dad, sister and niece, followed by 11 of her friends in black hooded cloaks.
Ellenor said: "It was a full-on production!"
"We laughed and laughed all day, it was brilliant!"
All of their guests went all out in fancy dress.
Photographer was a close friend of the couple, Colin Shanahan.
The bands, again, were all close friends from Waterford - Against the Grain, High Definition and Three for the Road.
Their own band - The Knockadollys Big Band - played a short set as well at the wedding.
Ellenor said: "It'd be rude not to!"
"It was amazing to have all of our friends involved in the organisation and on the day, everything was so intimate and personal!"
The News & Star would like to wish the happy couple our sincere congratulations.
