This video!!!! Wow!!! We are so excited to be sharing Elizabeth and Brendan’s beautiful traditional wedding day in Cork! St. Coleman’s Cathedral is a gorgeous landmark and has special meaning for Elizabeth — her grandfather served as an altar boy when he was young. We helped Elizabeth and Brendan come up with the color palette […]


Maybe you are a couple who have loved planning your destination wedding yourself; for months you have enjoyed creating and planning your dream wedding day. You have poured over options and details, contracted, liaised and confirmed every element, but with a month or two to go you are ready to hand the last steps and […]
Last week we were featured in the internationally prized Magnolia Rouge. https://www.magnoliarouge.com/inspiration/sophisticated-elegant-destination-wedding-in-ireland/ This New Zealand based wedding blog and magazine is synonymous with romance and style and having a wedding featured there is a huge coup for the Waterlily Weddings team. The day was capture by the unbelievably talented Molly Carr @mollycarrphotography and the flawless day was […]


There is a shift to more intimate weddings and elopements given the current climate of the world. And honestly, as much as we absolutely love incredible large wedding celebrations, intimate weddings and elopements are top of our list too. Natalie and Justin’s incredible elopement to Northern Ireland is made of dreams. The breathtaking scenery featured soft, […]
We are so excited to be sharing with you today Elizabeth and Brendan’s beautiful traditional wedding day in Cork! St. Coleman’s Cathedral is a gorgeous landmark and has special meaning for Elizabeth — her grandfather served as an altar boy when he was young. We helped Elizabeth and Brendan come up with the color […]


So excited to share with you this gorgeous burgundy | green | gold themed castle wedding at one of our favorite venues, Markree Castle! Madeline and James had a solid vision for their color palette and design details, using elegant rich burgundy as the main tone softened with softer pinks and lots of gorgeous green […]
We’re so excited to be finally sharing with you Daejauna and Alex’s amazing wedding day! Daejauna is seriously one of the most gorgeous brides we’ve ever seen — her look from head to toe is absolutely stunning and with the most incredible hair accessory. Their day took place in Killarney on 4th of July, complete […]


With all of the restrictions on gathering sizes we have been thinking a lot about our favorite small weddings over the years. Smaller weddings offer a very intimate experience for the couple and their guests. They are stress free, romantic and full of love. I think these are things we could all do with more […]
It is just about one of the oddest Friday’s I can remember in 14 years of running Waterlily Weddings. Instead of being knee deep in confirming final wedding details and the minutia of on the day schedules, we are helping couples uproot their original plans and dates and move to a completely different time of […]


So in love with the gorgeous soft peach, pink, white and emerald tones in Bridgett and Chad’s incredible castle wedding! The theme was based on fun and vibrancy, echoed throughout the color palette and all of the great details of the day including custom Jenga games, cocktails, and some fabulous DIY stationary details! This 3 […]
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