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Cheryl Maguire (30), an account executive with Ingenico, grew up in Ardclough, Co Kildare, and met Stephen Waugh (32) from Dunfermline, Scotland, 10 years ago in Ibiza.
While Cheryl was studying at IT Tallaght, the couple spent most weekends flying between Edinburgh and Dublin. After a year travelling together, she moved to Scotland. Eight months after asking Dom Maguire for his daughter’s hand in marriage, Stephen, whose company Waugh the Builder is based in Fife, Scotland, proposed at Cheryl’s favourite spot at home: on top of the ruins at Oughterard Cemetery in Co Kildare where Arthur Guinness is buried.
They were married on Saturday, May 9th, at Kill Church and had their reception afterwards with 200 guests at Moyvalley Hotel, Enfield, with Cheryl in a dress by Jenny Packham and Stephen in a kilt.
“It was a surprise so I was more nervous about seeing that walking up the aisle,” laughs Cheryl.
One of her favourite parts of the day was the music. Anam girls' choir, directed by Cheryl's sister Siobhán, was accompanied by Three Tones, which includes Siobhán, Lorraine Maher and Aideen Byrne. They sang Caledonia and then Viva la Vida by Coldplay as the newlyweds walked down the aisle. There was a standing ovation following a rendition of Loch Lomond.
Sean Kelly played the bagpipes; the wedding band was Pink Champagne and another surprise came from the Hit Machine Drummers who did a 20-minute show that included Irish dancing. The couple's first dance was to The One by Kodaline.
“My Mam, Olivia, hand-painted frames for the table numbers, made 24 hearts for pew ends in the church, shabby chic’d an old bicycle and added loads of personal touches around the hotel,” says Cheryl. Her aunt Marian Malone of Special Occasion Cakes made the cake and cupcake display. Cheryl and Stephen honeymooned in Las Vegas and Riveria Maya, Mexico.
Photographs: Phil Voon, Give Us a Goo photography, giveusagoo.com
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