Wedding Feature

Ballinacurra House in Kinsale for the Ultimate Private House Party Wedding

Ballinacurra House, Kinsale was voted Ireland’s Premier Exclusive use Estate and a venue that is offering a totally different private house party experience for prospective couples, looking for something other than a traditional packaged ”factory” wedding.

The award winning 40-acre Georgian property is only estate 2 minutes from Kinsale - Ireland’s Ultimate Wedding Destination – with its famed harbor, forts and culinary reputation and offers bespoke private weddings with a difference.

“If it’s the biggest day of your life – it should be unique, reflect a personal style and why share it with strangers ?” explained Ballinacurra House owner, Des McGahan. “The landscape for weddings is also changing at a fast pace : the new marriage reform law meaning full civil ceremonies can take place outside the church or registry office, the new Gay Wedding Legislation, couples more willing to travel as the road network improves, the recession – meaning quality, size and value is now even more crucial. What hasn’t changed is the couples are looking for something different and by downsizing but not downgrading – there is now another choice without breaking the bank.”

In line with the ongoing growth of their business they recently refurbished their Garden Room to meet the upsurge in demand.

Ballinacurra House, Kinsale, was voted "Best Exclusive Hire Property" at the International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) in Cannes for 2007/08 by the prestigious Luxury Travel Magazine, beating out stiff competition from Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island, won Kinsale Business of the Year in 2008 and hit the headlines recently as the secret hideaway for Michael Jackson and his family, who rented the private Georgian Estate for a number of weeks while writing a proposed new album. It also attracts a stellar list of international clients and over the past year has hosted the Head’s of State, , CEOs of World Aerospace and the top executives from Fashion Avenue New York.

At Ballinacurra House customers can enjoy the experience of a 40 acre luxury, private country residence, complete with personal chef, butler - a bespoke wedding of your choice, in the inspirational setting of renowned medieval tourist town – Kinsale, -which a has a “destination wedding” feel . The town was selected earlier this year, as the host for the International Final of the Runaway Bride and Groom Show – which attracted 30,000 entrants worldwide.

The Ballinacurra property features magnificent south-facing walled gardens, an outdoor entertainment patio, Italian Pizza oven, croquet lawn, playground, helipad, picnic lawn, stream and pond, and leads down to woods and boat jetty on the Bandon River estuary.

Every room in the house has been themed and offers 22 suites, the Georgian Manor house, cottage and coach house and the informally manicured grounds, which are perfect for outdoor cocktail parties, activities, garden parties and BBQ's or winter weddings with log fires throughout. The capacity of the Ballroom for a sit-down dinner is 50 and can accommodate 96 in the Garden Room or 130 using both rooms side by side.

A Private Wedding at Ballinacurra House is only ever "Exclusively Yours”.

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