Celtic Weddings                                        

"We will have rings, and things, and fine array."

William Shakespeare's - The Taming of the Shrew

Are you wanting to celebrate your Celtic Heritage?

Are you wanting your special wedding day be truly memorable?

A Celtic Wedding may be exactly what you are looking for

  - building memories to last a lifetime.

The Celts were a rural people that lived close to the earth, to the stone and to water. Their worship included these elements, and the environment in which they lived shaped their beliefs. Their clan, their tribes, and their kinship were important as they were a very close-knit people. Warriors, they were a group to be reckoned with and their myths, legends, stories tell of their heroic deeds and wars. They had great imagination and were very artistic as the "The Book of Kells" shows so clearly.

In the Celtic Society the poet was highly regarded and so in our Celtic Wedding Ceremony we incorporate many Celtic prayers and poems, along with the elements of water, stone, and earth.

"Go forth and eat nothing until you get a

soul-friend, for anyone without a soul-friend is like

a body without a head; is like the water of a

polluted lake, neither good for drinking nor for washing.

That is the person without a soul-friend.

St. Brigit of Kildare

The Celtic Spirit of the "Anam Cara" is also celebrated during the Celtic Wedding Ceremony. The meaning of "Anam Cara" is soul-friend and as the couple drink from the loving cup they enter into a partnership with their "Anam Cara". They are home!

The Celtic World touches all, but remains totally unique, earthy and mysterious; full of poetry, song and celebration. The Celts saw the lasting effects of relationships of love that stand outside of time. They appreciated the ordinary life, and valued the routines of life. They worshipped God in the everyday work and in very ordinary chores. Their prayers and poetry reflect the beauty of what they saw in just living out their lives, thanking God for each moment.

Though pre-dating Christianity, the form of the Celtic Cross was adopted by Christians. There are many Celtic Saints, such as Brigit of Kildare (pictured on this page), Brendan of Clonfert, Aidan of Lindisfarne, Patrick of Armagh, and Non of Wales, to name but a few.

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