Clár 1 – Brídín agus Aodán Ó Maolagáin
From Glasnevin in Dublin, Brídín agus Aodán Ó Maolagáin married in the Winter of 1969. Both retired schoolteachers now, they met in the National Library where all great love stories begin ! Aodán was working there and Brídín was supposedly studying or getting a break from the love of her life “Sport” His first comment to her was that “You’re some chancer” and the rest is matrimonial history. After a proposal that involved a Novena and a Wedding Ceremony with forgotten flowers their life together has been amazing – We return with the 2 of them to the town of Niederau in Austria for the first time in 41 years !
Clár 2 – Macdara Mac Donncha & Muireann Ní Dhomhnaill
Muireann is originally from An Rinn in Co.Waterford and Macdara hails from Ahascragh in County Galway. They met in St. Patrick’s Teacher Training College in 1983 and Married in October 1988. Macdara has always loved his sport and Muireann is a woman who knows her own mind. What a great match they make !
We return with them to beautiful Venice where Gondolas and San Marco Square await and then we train it over to romantic Verona for the final leg of their 2nd Honeymoon.
Clár 3 – Caitlín Mhic Grianna agus Cathal Mac Grianna
Now living in Letterkenny, Gweedore girl Caitlín Mhic Grianna and Gortahork lad Cathal Mac Grianna met in 1977 and married in June 1980. She had been going out with someone else but ended up meeting Cathal through his cousin at a party and the rest is history. We return with them to a much changed Yugoslavia which is now modern day Croatia and between lighting candles for their exam sitting kids at home, getting portraits done and relaxing on the streets of Porec they have a great time as they retrace the steps they took 31 years ago.
Clár 4 – Etaín and Séamas Ó Síocháin – 27th August 1970
Lucan based couple, Etaín and Séamas Ó Síocháin got married and honeymooned in Kerry a few days before they would head for the United States for a new life together. Before they met the priesthood had been on the cards for Séamas but life took a romantic turn when sporting a green blazer he met Etaín in the offices of Gael Linn for the first time. However 3 months later he headed to Cornell University in New York to study anthropology and they thought that was the end ! But alas it was not and they would eventually marry on the 27th August 1970.
Clár 5 – Brian & Sinéad Mullen – 31st January 1986
Brian and Sinead grew up on the same street in Derry but only managed to meet each other for the first time in 1983. He had spent some of his college years in Bangor in Wales but his studies in economics was not for him as he moved into music and returned to Derry. But Bangor had a special place in his heart so after their wedding though no honeymoon had been organised they took a lift with one of the wedding party to Manchester on the ferry and onwards they went to Bangor. It was unplanned but very special. We return with the two of them aboard Irish Ferries for their 2nd Honeymoon 25 years later.
Clár 6 – Con Ó Braoin & Máire Uí Bhraoin 2nd February, 1974
Máire is originally from Corr na Móna, but moved to Westmeath with her family in 1956 as part of De Valera’s transplanted Gaeltachtaí. Con is originally from Tipperary. They met on a Réalt Summer Course for civil servants in Mayo. Now with 7 children they happily live in Dublin.
We see them return to the beautiful Isles of Barra in Scotland to relive the magical moments of their honeymoon as they return for the first time in 37 years !!
Clár 7 – Mícheál Ó Ceadagáin & Síle – 25th Sept, 1981
Mícheál is from Cape Clear Island, where they live today and Síle is from the Beara Peninsula. They married in the parish church in 1981 having met about a year and a half earlier in the Club on Cape Clear while Síle was staying with relatives on the island.
Cape is small, as Mícheál puts it, and there weren’t many places to take a lady to woo her so they had to make the best of the club and the sea and the scenery!They both share a love for all things sea-related and this decided the course of their honeymoon – Cornwall !
Clár 8 – Joe and Patricia Gallagher – 31stMarch, 1975
Patricia was born in England and brought to Donegal at the age of 9, where the couple now reside today between Gortahork and Gweedore. She had no Irish but picked it up quickly in Scoil Dhún Lúiche and then went to the convent in Falcarragh.
They met at a dance in the Parish Hall in Gortahork and got married on the 31st of March 1975 in Yorkshire. They didn’t even wait for the first dance before they jetted off to L’loret de Mar in the South of Spain – Everything was new, the food, the wine, the music and the weather especially coming from the north of England and they were young at only 20 and 21. It’s a special moment seeing them return after 36 years.
