{"id":464399,"date":"2026-05-24T05:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/464399\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T05:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:44:22","slug":"wedding-of-the-week-floating-with-happiness-with-a-dream-waterfront-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/464399\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding of the Week: \u2018Floating\u2019 with happiness with a \u2018dream\u2019 waterfront wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather gods and \u201cthe biggest Child of Prague statue known to man\u201d guaranteed sunshine for Cork couple Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury\u2019s big day, according to the bride.<\/p>\n<p>Rois\u00edn, from Douglas, Cork, and Aidan, from Clonakilty, held their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/weddings_topic-5094833.html\">wedding<\/a> ceremony and reception at Dunmore House Hotel, Clonakilty.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091207_13_articleinline_0161_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_DSC_1975.jpg\" alt=\"Dunmore House Hotel Civil Wedding Ceremony Photographs, Clonakilty Town Bride and Groom,\" title=\"Dunmore House Hotel Civil Wedding Ceremony Photographs, Clonakilty Town Bride and Groom,\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Dunmore House Hotel Civil Wedding Ceremony Photographs, Clonakilty Town Bride and Groom,<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere were many reasons for this \u2014 including its location being right on the seafront and overlooking Inchydoney beach where we shared our first kiss,\u201d says Rois\u00edn. \u201cWe were married right on the waterfront, which was our dream from day one, surrounded by a wildflower garden theme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cFloating\u201d with happiness is how the bride says she felt as she arrived, to be married by her aunt and godmother, Ethel O\u2019Shea, who was the celebrant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091210_13_articleinline_0090_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_780_3788.jpg\" alt=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury were married by the bride's aunt and godmother, Ethel O'Shea. Pictures: Dermotsullivan.com\" title=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury were married by the bride's aunt and godmother, Ethel O'Shea. Pictures: Dermotsullivan.com\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury were married by the bride&#8217;s aunt and godmother, Ethel O&#8217;Shea. Pictures: Dermotsullivan.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ciar\u00e1n Calnan (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rawneymusic\/\">@rawneymusic<\/a> on Instagram) played Feels Like Home as Rois\u00edn walked down the aisle with her dad.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091243_13_articleinline_0165_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_780_4857_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury, Conor Pendlebury and the bride's father Ciar\u00e1n Lynch.\" title=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury, Conor Pendlebury and the bride's father Ciar\u00e1n Lynch.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury, Conor Pendlebury and the bride&#8217;s father Ciar\u00e1n Lynch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe finished the ceremony with Take My Hand by Picture This, my surprise for Rois\u00edn, as she loves that band,\u201d says Aidan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bride\u2019s parents, Ber Lynch and Ciar\u00e1n Lynch (former Labour TD for Cork South-Central), and the groom\u2019s mother, Betty Pendlebury, toasted to their future happiness.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091264_9_articleinline_0159_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_780_4707.jpg\" alt=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.\" title=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rois\u00edn chose her friends Rebekah Daunt, Jennifer Hosford, Emma Jagoe, and Aidan\u2019s sister Lorraine Pendlebury to be her bridesmaids.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091288_9_articleinline_0031_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_DSC_0018.jpg\" alt=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch with Rebekah Daunt, Jennifer Hosford, Emma Jagoe and Lorraine Pendlebury.\" title=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch with Rebekah Daunt, Jennifer Hosford, Emma Jagoe and Lorraine Pendlebury.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Rois\u00edn Lynch with Rebekah Daunt, Jennifer Hosford, Emma Jagoe and Lorraine Pendlebury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Aidan\u2019s brother Conor Pendlebury was by his side as his best man, and Aidan\u2019s son Cameron Pendlebury and friends Iain O\u2019Driscoll and Jericho Killingbeck were the groomsmen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091237_13_articleinline_0038_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_DSC_0160_20_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Aidan Pendlebury with Conor Pendlebury, Cameron Pendlebury, Iain O'Driscoll and Jericho Killingbeck.\" title=\"Aidan Pendlebury with Conor Pendlebury, Cameron Pendlebury, Iain O'Driscoll and Jericho Killingbeck.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Aidan Pendlebury with Conor Pendlebury, Cameron Pendlebury, Iain O&#8217;Driscoll and Jericho Killingbeck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The groom\u2019s nephew Eimhin Pendlebury was the pageboy, and niece Saoirse Pendlebury was the flowergirl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Photographer Dermot Sullivan (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/dermotsullivan.com\/\">Dermotsullivan.com<\/a>) and videographer Greg Mulcahy were behind the cameras.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091267_9_articleinline_0136_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_DSC_1474_20_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.\" title=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Although their beloved 18-month-old cat, Boris Yeltsin, didn\u2019t get to attend the event, Rois\u00edn and Aidan managed to pose for some photographs with him in Clonakilty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The pair first met in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt was five months after I had moved back to Cork after having lived in London for almost 10 years,\u201d says Rois\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091246_13_articleinline_0182_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_780_5216.jpg\" alt=\"Dunmore House Hotel Civil Wedding Ceremony Photographs, Clonakilty Town Bride and Groom,\" title=\"Dunmore House Hotel Civil Wedding Ceremony Photographs, Clonakilty Town Bride and Groom,\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Dunmore House Hotel Civil Wedding Ceremony Photographs, Clonakilty Town Bride and Groom,<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They got engaged on December 12, 2024, four days before Rois\u00edn\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAidan suggested we go for a walk on the Inchydoney road after work on a cold, dark evening, and he got down on one knee,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was the perfect proposal as it was on the road where our very first date began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIt was a bittersweet month with the untimely passing of Aidan\u2019s beloved older sister, Eil\u00eds Mackie, on December 30 that year. Eil\u00eds was alive to witness our engagement, which we will always remember fondly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091291_9_articleinline_0068_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_DSC_0733.jpg\" alt=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.\" title=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bride sourced her wedding dress from Vows: \u201cCredit needs to go to Caroline Fay-O\u2019Sullivan (@momsaidwearpink on Instagram), who completely transformed the original dress into the perfect version I had envisioned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bridesmaids\u2019 dresses were from Diamond Bridal (url=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/diamond_bridal1\/]@diamond_bridal1[\/url]). The groom and his party were dapper thanks to Tom Murphy Menswear, Cork. Makeup artist Jessica May Parker and hairstylist Aisling Kelleher ensured the bridal party was camera-ready.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5091273_9_articleinline_0111_dunmore-house-hotel-civil-wedding-photographs_780_4215_20_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury with their wedding party.\" title=\"Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury with their wedding party.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Rois\u00edn Lynch and Aidan Pendlebury with their wedding party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Wedding band The Monks kept the dance floor full, and Flicky Howe created the floral d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAidan designed our wedding invitations, signage, and the order-of-ceremony cards that were given to our guests as they took their seats. The imaging Aidan used captured our wildflower theme perfectly,\u201d says Rois\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The newly-weds honeymooned in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weather gods and \u201cthe biggest Child of Prague statue known to man\u201d guaranteed sunshine for Cork couple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4998,93,61,60,55665],"class_list":["post-464399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-weddings","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-wedding-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}