This weekend, John and I went to our first Irish wedding. Well, actually we went to the afters. Unlike at home, weddings in Ireland are broken into parts. Some people are invited to the ceremony and dinner. More people are then invited to the afters, that is the dancing after the meal. The festivities officially ended at 12:30 but my understanding is that many people were going to go to the club in the hotel and that the festivities usually don't end until well into the night or morning!
Anyway, we went to the afters and got there about 9:00 PM. The DJ was playing and a few people were dancing. Mostly people were talking. About 10:00 PM there was a show by Irish dancers that lasted about 30 minutes. After they danced a few songs, they then called the bridal party out onto the dance floor and the Irish dancers then danced with the bridal party as well. It looked like a lot of fun! Towards the end of the evening, more food was offered to guests. It was the standard pub/party type food: chips, chicken wings, chicken goujons, and calamari (at least that's what we think it was). All in all, it was a good night.
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Funny, we briefly considered the dancers, and were told not to by all the Irish cause it's too touristy! Glad you had a good time.
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