Copper Face Jacks turns 30: ‘I met him, had a dance and a shift. I went back the next night, saw him, and thought, ‘he’s in Coppers two nights in a row – it’s meant to be!’

With the iconic Dublin nightclub celebrating its 30th birthday, we look at its role in cultural moments and hear from some ‘Coppers couples’ about finding love on the dancefloor

“It’s a place that holds special space in so many of our cultural moments, like Dublin captain Bryan Cullen’s infamous victory rally cry of “See yiz in Coppers” in 2011.” Graphic: Clare Meredith.

When it came to designing invitations to their wedding, Lauren and Colin MacDonnell knew exactly what they wanted.

“I got an illustrator to draw the two of us outside Coppers,” grins Lauren. “I even mentioned it in my wedding speech. I said, ‘I went to Coppers every weekend religiously for 10 years and I found a doctor’,” she laughs. “If you want to find the love of your life, you need to go to Coppers!”