Coastal Ceremonies - Celebrants and Wedding Planners

Our experience with Coastal Ceremonies and Clara specifically was truly amazing! We were traveling from the United States to get married at a castle for a non-denominational ceremony and our expectations were greatly exceeded. We were so impressed with how much care Clara took to get to know us and our story, so that she could deliver a ceremony that was truly tailored to our story and our love. Clara also took care to be receptive to our requests to make sure the ceremony was absolutely perfect for us. The Celtic handfasting was the perfect touch to give us that authentic Irish flavor we were looking for. I would highly recommend Clara and Coastal Ceremonies to anyone looking for a magical wedding experience.

From the moment we first made contact with Coastal Ceremonies we knew we were on the right path to planning our dream wedding. Susan went out of her way to coordinate the most magical wedding day, it exceeded our expectations. Every wedding vendor Susan helped us to choose were all fantastic and they all helped to make our wedding day perfect.
On the day of the wedding Susan was with us throughout, ensuring that everything ran smoothly, allowing us to relax and enjoy every moment of our special day. We will be forever grateful for Susan’s professionalism leading up to and on the day itself. We couldn’t recommend Susan and Coastal Ceremonies enough.

We had the absolute pleasure of having Orla as our wedding Celebrant. We wanted a relaxed ceremony. One where our guests could sit back, relax and listen to our story. It was important for us to have a sense of our humour incorporated in to the ceremony and Orla certainly delivered!
Orla was so helpful, professional and easy to deal with. When we met to discuss the ceremony Orla listened attentively to our story and wrote and delivered the most wonderful ceremony. She sent on a draft a few days after our meeting and gave us the opportunity to read and make any changes.
Her warm presence on the day put us at ease and enhanced the ceremony itself.
Our guests both laughed and cried as she told our love story.
One month later and we are still receiving lovely comments.. Everyone was blown away by Orla and the way in which she celebrated us, our own personal story and brought our guests along.
We could not have been happier. We would highly recommend Coastal Ceremonies.
Thank you Orla x

Orla set the precedent for our day and I have no doubt everyone in attendance will agree when we say, we could not have asked for a more personal, inclusive, immersive or engaging ceremony.
Orla took such amazing care to learn about us, our story and who we are as a couple and wove an incredible story within our ceremony from where our journey started to where it will take us. On top of this, she was an amazing support along the way and truly went above and beyond what we ever could have expected.
We would highly recommend Orla and Coastal Ceremonies to officiate any occasion.

My husband and I decided to do something completely out of the ordinary and elope to Ireland from our home in Virginia. We googled Celebrants in Ireland and found Coastal Ceremonies. Their responsiveness was excellent. We met with Orla and the rest is history. She is truly a bright shining star, and we are forever grateful for her ability to read people and listen. Prior to our big day, we walked the property of Ballynahinch Castle and found our desired wedding location. The location was beside 2 enormous stones in the woods. I emailed Orla and told her, please wear athletic clothing and shoes. I assume this isn’t the normal attire for most ceremonies as she even had to prove to her family members that we had requested casual clothing and shoes. She arrived hours early and kept to herself allowing us to get ready. She is the absolute most beautiful person you will meet, inside and out. Our ceremony was private and deeply personal. She sent us an original draft early on and asked if we liked it and what changes were needed. Her draft was the first and last. Because like I mentioned earlier, she listens to people. She was eloquent and she recited the perfect poem. She spoke to us like we were all that truly mattered. Afterward, we hugged and chatted about life. Thank you, Orla, and Coastal Ceremonies for making our Fairy Tale a reality. We will be back next year for our anniversary and sincerely hope to meet up with Orla for coffee.

I would highly recommend Coastal Ceremonies. From the outset it was such a lovely experience. They made everything easy for us, they were super accommodating and helped us a lot with plans and thoughts for the ceremony. We met with Orla and it wasn’t long before we felt we knew her for years. We really felt she wanted to get to know us as individuals and as a couple and so by the time we were doing the ceremony it felt like it was a close friend doing it for us.

A fantastic experience and company who I would recommend to anyone.

We travelled over from the U.S. to get married in Ireland and Clara, from Coastal Ceremonies, was the one person who reassured us and made us feel so comfortable throughout this entire wedding planning process. Clara was the celebrant for our ceremony at Glenlo Abbey in Galway, Ireland with about 100 guests. She created the most magical ceremony for us that was more special than we could have ever imagined. We had several guests come up to us and tell us how amazing she was and they were genuinely shocked to learn that she was not a life-long friend or family member because the ceremony was so personal. I told them that when we first spoke to Clara, my husband and I felt like we had known her for years! I had many different guests come up to us and tell us that they loved her sense of humor and just seemed like the “perfect fit” to marry us. Several guests also commented on how much they loved the celtic hand fasting that Clara performed during our ceremony.

Clara has an amazing gift and we are so grateful to have had her as our celebrant. The ceremony was always something that I felt so passionate about and she was able to create the most beautiful ceremony from just a few conversations with us. Planning a wedding in Ireland from the U.S., I initially had a lot of nerves about how the whole wedding day would flow and immediately after our first zoom meeting with Clara, we felt like I had the biggest weight lifted off of our shoulders and could not stop talking about how great Clara was. She made sure to get every detail correct and communicate with us along the way. She contacted the venue coordinator and the musician directly to organize the ceremony when needed, so it was one less thing that my husband and I had to worry about. Clara really felt like a mentor to us throughout the entire wedding planning process and reminded us the reason we are getting married in the first place and how to stay present in the moment. When we had to change the location of the ceremony at the last minute because of the rain, I was not worried at all because I knew that Clara would handle everything and guide us all through it. Clara captured our entire love story so perfectly and truly created the ceremony of our dreams.

If we could give them more than 5 stars we would. Susan was absolutely amazing and took all the pressure off, helped by giving us different options when it came to vendors, and coordinated everything between all parties involved, she made our wedding day absolutely stress free for both of us! Susan, you truly helped make our day forever memorable, thank you so much!!!

Orla was an absolutely amazing celebrant for our wedding ceremony! We appreciated the time she took to get to know us, her help in selecting our readings and writing our vows during the planning process, and her calm guidance throughout the ceremony itself. She summarized our engagement story so well and told it in a way that was more concise and funny than we would have ourselves! She integrated so many personal elements that it really felt like she had known us for years, and we loved the mix of sincerity and humor throughout. Our family and friends were raving about how great Orla was and how personal the ceremony felt, and many guests have even brought it up again weeks after the wedding. It was so memorable, fun and true to us as a couple, and we couldn’t have asked for a better ceremony! Thank you so much Orla and Coastal Ceremonies!!

From the initial consultation video call, we knew that Orla was the right celebrant for us. She made everything feel easy and possible, from accommodating the time difference with Australia, helping us to bounce ideas around and in the end writing a fantastic ceremony script which encompassed my husband and I – without us ever feeling like we’d been interviewed. Orla has a calm and grounding presence which instantly makes you feel at ease and like you are talking to a friend. Their connection with Hometree, where a tree is planted for each couple was the icing on the cake. We would definitely recommend Orla and Coastal Ceremonies to everyone.