{"id":168326,"date":"2025-11-07T18:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/168326\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:11:11","slug":"wedding-bells-for-cork-couple-who-met-through-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/168326\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding bells for Cork couple who met through friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_BodyInitial\">Aisling Mintern, from Midleton, and Jack Sweeney, from Douglas, first met when they were introduced through friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The couple got engaged in Salou in 2022 and on September 25, they were wed at the Sacred Heart Church in Mogeely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cBoth Fr Frank O\u2019Neill and Fr Barry O\u2019Flynn made myself and Jack feel very relaxed during the ceremony, and we couldn\u2019t thank them enough for marrying us on our special day,\u201d said Aisling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4849260_3_articleinlinemobile_ECHO_20FEATURES_20Wedding_20of_20the_20Week_20Aisling_20and_20Jack_208.jpeg\" alt=\"Aisling and Jack were joined by their family and friends to celebrate their wedding in September.\" title=\"Aisling and Jack were joined by their family and friends to celebrate their wedding in September.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Aisling and Jack were joined by their family and friends to celebrate their wedding in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They were joined on the day by friends and family, from near and far, including their parents; Maria and Tom, and Dee and Tods; siblings; Ian, Philip, Dean and Jodie; daughter Sadie, and Jack\u2019s daughter Aria and son Kyle. Also in attendance were their nieces, nephews, cousins and Aisling\u2019s gran-aunt Nora. \u201cWe want to thank a few special guests who travelled to be with us on our special day. Jack\u2019s relatives from England, my cousin Meg and her husband David, who travelled from Switzerland, and my brother Ian who travelled home from Australia,\u201d said Aisling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4849263_3_articleinlinemobile_ECHO_20FEATURES_20Wedding_20of_20the_20Week_20Aisling_20and_20Jack_20_.jpeg\" alt=\"The couple were wed at the Sacred Heart Church in Mogeely in East Cork.\u00a0\" title=\"The couple were wed at the Sacred Heart Church in Mogeely in East Cork.\u00a0\" class=\"card-img\"\/>The couple were wed at the Sacred Heart Church in Mogeely in East Cork.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bride sourced her gown from Diamond Bridal. \u201cThe ladies there were amazing, especially Grace, Penny and Emer. Their inhouse seamstress, Marie, went above and beyond with my alterations,\u201d Aisling said. Her shoes were from Wedding Belles in Castlemartyr. Aisling\u2019s earrings were gifted to her by her godmother, Patricia and her bracelet was a present from her parents. Make-up was by Jeannette Cronin and hair was by the Aisling Kelleher. The groom\u2019s suit was from Morleys.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4849266_3_articleinlinemobile_ECHO_20FEATURES_20Wedding_20of_20the_20Week_20Aisling_20and_20Jack_20_.jpeg\" alt=\"The couple were overjoyed by seeing the love and happiness on their loved ones' faces for them on the day. Pictures: Bismark.\u00a0\" title=\"The couple were overjoyed by seeing the love and happiness on their loved ones' faces for them on the day. Pictures: Bismark.\u00a0\" class=\"card-img\"\/>The couple were overjoyed by seeing the love and happiness on their loved ones&#8217; faces for them on the day. Pictures: Bismark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Music at the ceremony was by singer Ruth O\u2019 Brien. \u201cShe was amazing and all our guests were complimenting her beautiful voice,\u201d the couple said. The wedding flowers were by Eileen in the Village Florist, Castlemartyr while the bridal car was supplied by Fitzgibbon Event Motors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">After the ceremony, the couple held a reception for their guests at the Vienna Woods Hotel.\u201cIt was amazing, the food was delicious and the wedding co-ordinator, Laura Daly, couldn\u2019t have been more helpful on the day,\u201d the couple said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4849272_3_articleinlinemobile_ECHO_20FEATURES_20Wedding_20of_20the_20Week_20Aisling_20and_20Jack_20_.jpeg\" alt=\"&quot;Both Fr Frank O\u2019Neill and Fr Barry O\u2019Flynn made myself and Jack feel very relaxed during the ceremony,&quot; the couple said.\u00a0\" title=\"&quot;Both Fr Frank O\u2019Neill and Fr Barry O\u2019Flynn made myself and Jack feel very relaxed during the ceremony,&quot; the couple said.\u00a0\" class=\"card-img\"\/>&#8220;Both Fr Frank O\u2019Neill and Fr Barry O\u2019Flynn made myself and Jack feel very relaxed during the ceremony,&#8221; the couple said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Their wedding cake was made by Ruairi\u2019s Kitchen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The Ian Hendrick Band provided music in the evening, with Aisling and Jack sharing their first dance to Kodaline\u2019s  The One.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Photos on the day were by Bismark, while the videographer was Anthony Fleming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Asked what was the most memorable thing about the day, the couple said: \u201cThe most special one was seeing the love and happiness on our family and friends\u2019 faces for both myself and Jack throughout the whole day and night.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aisling Mintern, from Midleton, and Jack Sweeney, from Douglas, first met when they were introduced through friends. 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