A Glamorous and Elegant Black Tie Wedding at Luttrellstown Castle in Dublin, Ireland

Breada and Christian tied the knot on 2nd September at Luttrellstown Castle in Castleknock, Dublin.

The couple wanted to bring their families together for an international celebration and fell in love with this magnificent location. The bride wore a simply strapless gown with elbow length gloves and the groom and his groomsmen donned black tie.

This utterly charming wedding was photographed by the very lovely and talented Phil and Michelle of Kernwell Photography, who we’re delighted to recommend to you as wedding photographer. Enjoy!

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The Location & Inspiration

I have five siblings and we all have our Irish Citizenship through my grandpa, the second oldest of eight children, who moved to The States from Cork, Ireland after serving in the US Army as a paratrooper. My mom was the first-born American citizen and has always kept our family’s Irish roots very strong.

Christian was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts in the USA, and I am from Northern North Jersey, USA. Our parents and siblings are dispersed throughout the country from NYC Boston, Charleston, Colorado, and San Diego. Being that we were recent NYC transplants with family all over, Christian had proposed hosting an international wedding in Ireland, which would make our celebration super memorable.

In terms of attire, Christian’s earliest memories was being a page boy at his aunt and uncles black tie wedding and that made a lasting impact on him.

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When considering the style of our wedding – we recognised that many guests would be traveling far who had never been to Ireland, so we we wanted to have an epic, 5-star celebration for our guests.

We also wanted a venue close to Dublin, so it would be accessible for our guests who were traveling/flying. After touring a few beautiful options in and outside Dublin city centre, we decided on The Luttrellstown Castle, particularly after a conversation with our aunt who mentioned how special it would be to have our wedding at an Irish castle.

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The Before & After Outfits

Oh man, I had FUN shopping! There are so many fun options for brides these days and the styles keep changing. My general theme was classic, bold, whites/dark greens/gold.

In addition to my main look, I had a few other options too, since we had a few celebrations before and after our wedding; I wore my mom’s vintage wedding dress (long sleeve linen and lace) for our civil nuptials we had in Los Angeles, the week before our wedding. I also found a lovely Self-Portrait white lace tea-length dress for the day before the action started.

I also loved the idea of a simple, elegant silk gown. I found a beautiful gown from Reformation that I wore for the rehearsal dinner and traveling from The Shelbourne to The Luttrellstown Castle with my dad since it was drizzling that morning. I changed into a sharp white suite from Favorite Daughter for the welcome party at O’Donoghues with a fun pearl top I found at Shop Bop. I wore a green silk jumpsuit with a custom Kemo Sabe from my bachelorette trip for the after party.

I purchased a few Oscar de la Renta statement earrings as accents with my outfits – one green option and one white option. My shoes, I kept very comfortable and practical from Stuart Weitzman, Loeffler Randall, and Dolce Vida.