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Love on the Loop was certainly the order of the day when Loop Head Lighthouse in West Clare recently hosted the first wedding ceremony ever to take place on its grounds. The special day on the stunning Loop Head Peninsula took place on Saturday, September 7 when the team at the lighthouse had the honour of hosting Sarah Carr and Darragh Enright as they celebrated their love in front of a gathering of 60 of their friends and family at the base of the majestic lighthouse. The ceremony was led by Margaret Gammell, a humanist celebrant and marriage solemniser from Shannon, and the couple exchanged their vows before her and their family and friends. Afterwards, the wedding party enjoyed sandwiches at the location before heading off to Vaughan’s Barn in Kilfenora for their reception. Operations Manager, Simon Day revealed the couple were absolutely “full of the joys” as the celebrated their marriage. And they were lucky with the weather on …

THERE was great cause for celebration at the Rineen Ambush centenary events on Sunday as Joseph O’Neill, the great-grandson of Comdt. Ignatius O’Neill of the Mid Clare Brigade, proposed to his partner, Megan Roots at Spanish Point. A large crowd had gathered that morning at Miltown Malbay for the unveiling of a plaque to his great-grandfather, and Joseph’s father, John delivered an address at the remembrance ceremony. Asked where the proposal happened, Joseph said: “It was when we got back to the Armada Hotel and everybody was getting settled and chatting… it was pretty bad weather and I could see there was a break in the clouds so I took Megan outside on a three-minute walk along the coast. “I had the engagement ring for three months now and I kept it with me pretty much at any given point for a month and a half and I was waiting for the right moment.” Ahead of the special moment the …

LONG planned weddings have had to be cancelled all over the county in recent months, much to the disappointment of those who had been all set to walk down the aisle. Amy Ryan from Quin had been due to marry Tommy Considine from Clooney in August but now those plans have been put on ice. “In the grand scheme of things, it’s not the end of the world but you put a lot of effort into planning it and then it kind of goes up in smoke,” says Amy. The couple have been together for nearly 11 years and she said that calling it off was the right option for them. “It’s gutting for everyone. We looked at what other people had done, getting married and Zoom and all that but we’re a bit traditional.” Prior to a recent address from the Taoiseach, when proposed phases of reopening the country had been laid out, they had still planned to go …