My Wedding: 17th October 1959

On my wedding morning Mrs Tyrrell brought me my breakfast in bed, so I had a leisurely time to have a bath and then get my hair and face treatments from my hairdresser before dressing in my bridal outfit. A dressmaker had made the white satin dress with a train and the veil was held on by a tiara of orange blossom. Mrs Tyrrell had ironed the dress and spread it out on the carpet. The wedding was booked for 11 am in the Star of the Sea Church in Sandymount, followed by the posh wedding of the daughter of Ryan the publican in Sandymount. She had asked me to share in the flowers for the church and the red carpet. The priest advised me not to offer to pay half the cost of the flowers so I enjoyed a lovely floral display free.

Mike and I, Paddy (dad's brother Pat, who was best man) Iris Nagle (bridesmaid).

Paddy (Mike's brother), my husband's father, Nan, (his sister) Tony Ö'Halloran (who gave me away), dad's mom, Mrs Tyrrel, Eithne (behind) gap gap dad gap gap Phyllis Mckeever Mom fr Gwynn, (dad's CIE friend sat back gdad Iris Nagle (sang solo) gdma Maureen Reason Mrs O'Halloran, Liam, Iris (bridesmaid), Henry

My parents weren’t going to attend but at 10 minutes to 11 they turned up with Henry at Mrs Tyrrells and made me 20 minutes late arriving at the church. My father was so nasty that he did everything possible to spoil the occasion!

It was the wettest day on record in Dublin but everything went smoothly. We had a lovely meal at the Pembroke Hotel and then Mike and I went off to Westland Row and had tea in a hotel opposite the station before taking the train out to the boat for Holyhead. We travelled first-class and had berths on the train to Euston through the night.