Gillian Morgan packed her suitcase for what she thought can be a soothing break together with her childhood sweetheart Damien Cahalan.
As an alternative, she woke as much as a set of directions main her on a quick and livid 12-hour thriller tour.
The couple, each from Borrisokane, County Tipperary, received to know each other as teenagers whereas attending the identical secondary college.
Quick-forward to the current, and each are employed by Janssen (the pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson).
Gillian Morgan and Damien Cahalan received married in December after two covid postponements
4 years in the past, Damien invited Gillian to spend every week within the Netherlands, the place he was working on the time.
“I assumed I used to be visiting him for a relaxing week when he was dwelling in The Hague,” she says.
“Damien informed me he needed to work for simply a few hours one morning so I used to be having a beautiful lie-in after he left — once I received a textual content to open the letter on the kitchen counter.”
Gillian discovered instructions to comply with for the day, in addition to flight tickets to Rome, the place she had lived and labored the 12 months earlier than.
At Fiumicino Airport, a chauffeur introduced her to a lodge in Piazza Venezia. “There I discovered one other letter instructing me to make my technique to the highest of Vittorio Emanuele monument (overlooking my favorite place on the planet) by sundown,” she says.
“My third and remaining letter (which I used to be to open as soon as on the rooftop) mentioned: ‘I’ve a query for you’, and there Damien was, in entrance of me, on one knee.”
A snapshot from Gillian Morgan and Damien Cahalan’s engagement in Rome in February 2019
The couple, who had been primarily based in Cork for seven years, moved again to their hometown in August.
They had been wed on December 30, in St Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney, County Kerry, by Damien’s uncle, Monsignor Harry Bugler, who arrived from New Orleans to officiate.
Gillian Morgan and Damien Cahalan had been married by Damien’s uncle, Monsignor Harry Bugler
The Brehon Lodge was their reception venue, the place the bride’s dad Paddy Morgan and the groom’s mum and pa, Eileen and Pat Cahalan, led the celebrations.
Very a lot of their ideas was the bride’s mom, the late Teresa Morgan.
“On the day, we had a particular remembrance for my mom who sadly handed away instantly on June 26, 2020. We all know she would have been so proud to see us lastly tie the knot, as Damien and I’ve been collectively 16 years now,” says Gillian.
“This was our third try and be married since 2020 after two covid postponements. It was positively well worth the wait, and the added bonus was that we had our stunning child woman Keeva (born August 3, 2022) there to have a good time with us this time round.”
Gillian Morgan together with her bridesmaids
Additionally by Gillian’s facet on her huge day was her sister Dani Morgan as maid of honour, whereas her mates Áine Hogan and Elaine McLoughney had been her bridesmaids.
Damien’s good friend Stephen Oakley was his greatest man whereas his brothers Stephen Cahalan and Ger Cahalan took on the function of groomsmen.
“We had family and friends members journey from Sydney Australia, Vancouver Canada, Denver, New York, New Orleans, Boston, Dubai, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands — and naturally, the native hotspots from our hometown in Borrisokane,” provides Gillian.
Gillian Morgan and Damien Cahalan with their wedding ceremony get together
“We had been so glad that all of them made the journey and there was an actual sense of event and simple craic within the air, that lasted a few days because the celebrations transitioned into New Yr’s Eve for day two.
“By some means my household managed to have or get entangled in three residents’ bar singsongs — the evening earlier than, evening of and evening after the marriage!”
Gillian Morgan and Damien Cahalan with Paddy Morgan and Eileen and Pat Cahalan
Breda Daly (@lovestoryweddingphoto) was behind the digital camera snapping each particular second, whereas @mytruenorth.ie was the videographer.
Fiona Kennedy offered the church music, whereas Blacktye Wedding ceremony Band ensured the dance flooring was the place to be after the reception feast.
Gillian seemed gorgeous in a costume sourced in Diamond Bridal Cork, whereas the groom and his get together had been dapper because of Jim McLoughney Menswear, Nenagh, County Tipperary.
The bride and her get together had been prepared for his or her close-ups because of Aine Doherty, the make-up artist, and the FMN Bridal crew.
Wonderous Weddings devised the floral preparations and O’Carroll’s Desserts created the marriage cake.
Gillian Morgan costume was from Diamond Bridal Cork and her make-up was by Aine Doherty and the FMN Bridal crew
“After the marriage, Damien and I had a quick however gorgeous minimoon within the stunning Castlemartyr Resort,” says Gillian.
“Our honeymoon plans have shifted to include our child woman Keeva so now, we’re aiming for a visit to Australia to go to family and friends,” says Gillian.
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