{"id":567466,"date":"2026-07-25T11:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567466\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T11:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:43:15","slug":"wedding-of-the-week-memorable-day-for-fermoy-couple-who-got-engaged-at-disney-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567466\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding of the Week: \u2018Memorable day\u2019 for Fermoy couple who got engaged at Disney World"},"content":{"rendered":"

A surprise engagement at Walt Disney World in Florida led to the wedding of Cork couple Cleo Cashman Corcoran and Cian Heffernan.<\/p>\n

They are both from Fermoy and first met at a birthday party when they were 14. \u201cI told Cian to move from a seat as I had been sitting there and he thought I was a bit sassy!\u201d recalled Cleo.<\/p>\n

\"CleoCleo Cashman Corcoran with her maid of honour Phoebe Roche and bridesmaids Emma Hazelwood and sister Mia Cashman<\/p>\n

\n When they were 16 they started texting on Snapchat and have been inseparable for the last nine years. \u201cWe conquered Leaving Certs, debs, and college, and have done a fair bit of travelling around Europe and New York,\u201d said Cleo.\n <\/p>\n

They got engaged at Walt Disney World when Cian got down on bended knee. \u201cI was looking at the spectacular fireworks display, only to turn around and find him proposing! It was absolutely amazing, I had instant tears streaming down my face,\u201d said Cleo.<\/p>\n

They married on June 25 in Ballygarry Estate Hotel & Spa, Tralee, Co.Kerry. \u201cThe venue was just beautiful with our amazing wedding co-ordinator TJ Mulcahy ensuring everything went smoothly. We had everything on site and had our ceremony in the beautiful lodge,\u201d said Cleo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a Humanist celebrant, Ealish Whillock, and a string trio called Cascade Strings played a beautiful rendition of Snow On The Beach by Taylor Swift & Lana del Rey as my entrance song as I walked down the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n The wedding theme was black and white, the bridesmaids wore black cowl-neck floor-length dresses and the groomsmen wore black tuxedos.\n <\/p>\n

\u201cMy wedding dress was from Memories Bridal in Cork, my veil was a pearl scattered cathedral veil from Diamond Bridal in Cork, and my shoes were from Jimmy Choo,\u201d said Cleo.<\/p>\n

\"CianCian Heffernan with his best man and groomsmen<\/p>\n

Her jewellery was a mix of pieces from Lace and Favour and Tiffany & Co. Make-up and hair was by the fabulous Maeve Carey in Tralee. \u201cMy hair colour and extensions were by Anna- Maria Hynes of Lush Hair in Fermoy and styled on the day by Laura Lou hair in Tralee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cian\u2019s and the groomsmen\u2019s suits were from Morley\u2019s in Cork. Best man was Jason Coleman, Cian\u2019s friend since primary school, with Damian Ahern and Deon O\u2019Callaghan as groomsmen.<\/p>\n

\n Cleo\u2019s mum Andrea Cashman and dad Kevin Corcoran, and Cian\u2019s parents Patricia and Austin Heffernan were in attendance, as were close family and friends, some of whom travelled from the USA and UK.\n <\/p>\n

Cleo\u2019s bridal party consisted of her long time best friend Phoebe Roche as Maid of Honour, with bridesmaids Emma Hazelwood and Cleo\u2019s little sister Mia Cashman. The bride arrived for the wedding with her parents in Cian\u2019s 1999 Toyota Altezza. \u201cWe gave it a few revs outside just to let Cian know I was on the way in!\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple are car enthusiasts and there was a fabulous display of Japanese cars on the day.<\/p>\n

They had a ring warming on the big day where everyone passed around the wedding bands and made a well wish on them.<\/p>\n

Groomsman Deon did a reading called The One and bridesmaid Emma did a reading of The Voyage by Christy Moore.<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe had a memory table also in the lodge on the day with a candle lighting in front of photos of our loved ones who couldn\u2019t be there on the day, but were lovingly remembered.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

Their first dance was to Waiting For A Star To Fall, and they danced all night to a live saxophonist and DJ.<\/p>\n

As for the most memorable part of the day?<\/p>\n

\"CleoCleo Cashman Corcoran and Cian Heffernan on their wedding day<\/p>\n

\u201cMyself and Cian had nominated a person at every table to wear a captain\u2019s hat and get the party going, and they didn\u2019t disappoint!<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we entered the ballroom as Mr and Mrs Heffernan, everyone was on their chairs screaming and shouting, waving their napkins, as cold sparks shot up. We were even told they had started a conga line around the ballroom just before we had come in! The energy in the room was absolutely amazing,\u201d said Cleo.<\/p>\n

\n \u201cA special mention to our videographer and photographer Daga & Rafal for being the most amazing team on the day.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

The couple plan to build a home on his parents\u2019 land in Fermoy in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A surprise engagement at Walt Disney World in Florida led to the wedding of Cork couple Cleo Cashman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,55665],"class_list":["post-567466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-wedding-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567466","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=567466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}