PATTERSONS 'ROUND THE WORLD: 27 June 2010

Thursday 1 July 2010

Ireland #6: Wedding Part 2

Oh sweet! I love this one!

It's only one step from holding the flowers to holding the purse, Daz!

All the pretty girls...doing the can-can??

All the boys in a scrum...

Daz and Justin showing a bit of New Zealand culture

Mike and Roz in the carriage...see I'm the only one who thinks its romantic!

The happy couple ready to eat...dinner

The very elegant cake

Denise and her sister and matron of honour, Olwyn

Listening to speeches

Eldon...emcee-ing

Mike after too much sherbet

Ireland #5: Wedding Part 1

Now the photos you've all been patiently waiting for!
The beautiful venue

The ultimate romantic arrival *sigh*

harpist

Darryn (Groom)

Eldon (Best Man)

Denise and her Dad walking up the aisle

Making it official!

Sweet flower girls!

Non-irish visitors

Irish wedding-goers

Kerr Family

Darryn and Denise with Steven and Beatrice Kerr

Denise with Dad and brothers Phillip and Steve

Patterson Family

Darryn and Denise with Murray and Sharon Patterson

Darryn with Roz and Eldon

to be continued......

For those of you who do not know the legend behind this historical landmark...
Legend has it that the Irish warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built the causeway to walk to Scotland to fight his Scottish counterpart Benandonner. One version of the legend tells that Fionn fell asleep before he got to Scotland. When he did not arrive, the much larger Benandonner crossed the bridge looking for him. To protect Fionn, his wife Oonagh laid a blanket over him so he could pretend that he was actually their baby son. In a variation, Fionn fled after seeing Benandonner's great bulk, and asked his wife to disguise him as the baby. In both versions, when Benandonner saw the size of the 'infant', he assumed the alleged father, Fionn, must be gigantic indeed. Therefore, Benandonner fled home in terror, ripping up the Causeway in case he was followed by Fionn.