None of them have a moat...but one does have a murder room!

Today Dave and I spent all day looking up Ireland, trying to determine if the wedding we want would actually be possible. It would be a pretty huge disappointment to decide on the perfect wedding location only to realize that it wouldn't be at all feasible for us. I know we aren't planning a huge wedding, but we also don't have a lot to spend on this alternate idea of ours. 


One of the first things we thought of, more on a whim than anything else, was that if we are getting married in Ireland, we should get married in a castle. I mean, who wouldn't want to get married in a castle? 


As it turns out, renting a castle for a week is not as expensive as one might think. It's kind of like renting a cottage up north. You get exclusive rights to the property for a week, and it comes equipped with all the amenities one would need. Showers, a kitchen, living areas, and best of all, could house most, if not all, of the guests we would anticipate joining us of a week. That means, family and friends who wished to join us, would most likely only have to pay for airfare. 


After hours of looking, these are our top four contenders: 

Ballyportry Castle

Turin Castle

Killahara Castle

Fanningstown Castle

Now we just need to pick the right one for us! (If you want more information click on the castle names, and it will open the rental information...click on them, check it out, and then let us know what you think!) 


Of course we each have our favorite, Dave's favorite is Turin being, for no other reason, that it has a murder hole. Silly me, I care more about decor and landscaping ;)


Here is what we have hashed out so far: