Congratulations on your recent engagement!

You are about to embark on a fabulous journey, which will result in your wedding day being one that you will always look back on with fond and warm memories. We are delighted that you are considering Castle Durrow to host your reception and we look forward to helping you with the arrangements and then making your day the most special in your lives.

From the moment your wedding reception has been entrusted to us we will commence with the careful planning. We advise that the couple meet & call us as regularly as they require and be introduced to our staff that will be there to serve on the wedding day. We also recommend that you choose your wedding breakfast carefully & meet with our Chef. This will allow you to be assured that the quality that we promise is the product we provide.

Location, location, location the key to a perfect wedding!

Castle Durrow Hotel, is an excellent location in the heart of Ireland & is the perfect wedding venue for your big day. Castle Durrow is steeped in 300 years of Irish history. With its 30 acres of manicured gardens & parkland, it is the perfect venue no matter how contemporary or traditional your specifications are. We can cater for parties up to 170 and for whatever dietary requirements you and your group might have.

The Castle has been carefully restored and the many stained glass windows and original architectural features of the house will provide fantastic backdrops for your wedding photos.

There can be no better setting for a perfect wedding than Castle Durrow.
Oak, Sycamore, Copper Beech, Horse Chestnut, Monkey Puzzle, magnificent in their ancient glory, shade the walks that surround Castle Durrow. Lose yourself amid the trees, plants, shrubs & leaves of this beautiful estate. Our gardens are a photographers paradise. Look at the Garden Photo’s page.

Our ultimate goal is to create your ideal day, be it traditional, contemporary or action packed.

We include the following complimentary:

• Red Carpet on arrival
• Bridal Suite on the night of your wedding
• Champagne on arrival for the Bride & Groom
• Complimentary use of our cake stands
• Cake knife which we get engraved and present to you on departure
• Complimentary meal and wine tasting with complimentary Bedroom on the night of your tasting

On the tables as part of our package we include:

• Fresh Floral arrangements in tall glass vases, we match the flowers with your colour scheme
• Personalized Chocolate Favours for each guest the paper on which we match with your colour scheme
• Personalized printed menu on all tables
• Candles on all tables, 2 tall candle a bras on the top table and t lites along the other tables

The atmosphere we like to have is all the lights dimmed and candles lighting. All fires lighting in the winter time.

We cater for one wedding per day.

Pimms on the terrace, cocktails in the bar, dinner by candlelight or spend the night in your four-poster bed, whether it is your honeymoon night or an overnight stay while attending a wedding, Castle Durrow will make it a night to remember.

The Castle Durrow Day in 2010 & 2011:

At Castle Durrow, we host weddings as if they were for our own family. Don’t forget this is a day that will stand out for your whole married life together. You will want that day to be amazing. That is why we have arranged a complete & personalised day for you and your guests. Of course, you can add on many extras to further ‘tailor make’ your special day.

There are two drinks each for all your guests on arrival at the Castle. The soon to be famous Castle Durrow cocktail (peach schnapps & orange juice), and a mix of Sparkling Wine, Pimms, Pints/bottles of Beer, Kir Royale and non-alcoholic fruit punch. In the winter months you can change to Mulled Wine or Hot Port instead of Pimms.

The chef’s choice of canapés will be offered to you on silver platters. Dietary requirements are always catered for if asked for in advance.

Then at about 5.15 – 6.00pm the banquet begins. You will sit for the first meal of your married life. Your wedding breakfast (named in the old tradition of weddings only taking place in the morning!) comprises of a starter, a soup, a sorbet, main course, dessert and tea & coffee. You will find attached a sample list of dishes that will allow you to make your personalised menu from. If you have any personal favourites not on our list let us know & we may be able to put it on your menu. Again, special dietary requests are usually no problem at all, but please let us know in advance.

At Castle Durrow, we have a Head Chef for our main restaurant and a dedicated Head Chef for our Banqueting Room. All food is freshly prepared before your meal and cooked to order. We do not keep food in holding ovens (we don’t even have them here!).

Half a bottle of our house wine for every guest is included with the meal.

On to the speeches. The moment all have been waiting for. A toast of Sparkling Wine to the Bride & Groom brings to an end what we promise to be a meal you will be proud of & your guests will enjoy thoroughly.

Dancing, drinking and having fun makes people hungry at the strangest times. So, at about 11 to 11:30 pm we will bring out your wedding cake and platters of sandwiches and cocktail sausages drenched in honey and whole grain mustard.

For wedding pack with prices and details of our fantastic package for remaining dates in 2010 and 2011 please contact our wedding coordinator Marie Laffan