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Guest Signing Board from Cloyne Wedding!

Allan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:58:47 +0000

This is a signing board I did for the wedding reception of Erin and Ivan in Barnabrow Country House in Cloyne, East Cork. Had a fantastic night, was treated like an old friend, and had *a few beers…* as I was staying the night.

They booked me for live caricatures too, which went down really well! I’ll post them once I resize them.

October Weddings in January

Allan — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:52:54 +0000

I’ve a lot of catching up to do with my wedding coverage on this blog, so if you see yourself and your in the wrong wedding, forgive me, I can hardly remember who’s who any more!
In October I had 7 weddings over 2 weekends (including a Thursday) and I was in Cavan, Galway, Clare, Wexford and Wicklow over the course of a few days. These are some I did from a wedding in the always splendid Cloonacauneen Castle on the outskirts of Galway.

Donegal Wedding

Allan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:28:39 +0000

I was entertaining in the Tara Hotel, Killybegs in Donegal a few weeks ago (I’ve done loads of gigs in the last few months, which leaves very little time for blogging!). I took the kids up and made a weekend of it, as I don’t really get up that often. The weather was bloody scary actually, it lashed rain and made the journey to Greencastle about 5 hours.
The trip down to Killybegs didn’t take too long though, and the manager in the Tara Hotel couldn’t have been more helpful, he was even rounding guests up for me while I was drawing! I’d a great spot, looking out over the harbour, and my sitters sat in front of the window while the rest of the guests peered down from the balcony behind me. There was plenty of catcalling, until it was their turn to sit for me! Great craic and a lovely bunch of guests.

Got there in the end

Allan — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:03:19 +0000

Last weekend I brought my wedding entertainment to Adare, Co. Limerick for a drinks reception.
Or at least I tried to.
The drive from Galway to Limerick is at most an hour and a half since the Ennis bypass opened. I was due to start drawing at 4pm in the Woodlands Hotel. At 3.30 I still hadn’t reached Gort. It took me 40 minutes to get from Oranmore to Clarinbridge, a distance of 6 kilometres. I ended up ringing the hotel and offering to do the after dinner stint instead. I turned around and was back in Galway in 30 minutes. This despite the fact I had pretty much chewed my steering wheel off in frustration!
Well I made good time when I made my second attempt to reach the hotel, and the couple were lovely, and very understanding about the traffic situation and I’d a great night with the guests.
No matter how much planning you do though, sometimes the traffic gods just decide you’re not going to get there on time.

More Wedding Signing Boards

Allan — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:29:44 +0000

Here are 2 of my wedding signing boards that went out this week. They’re instead of a wedding guestbook, and are proving very popular with bride and groom and guests too! The artwork can be used on wedding invitations as well. If you’d like to order one for your wedding or as a wedding present, you can me here for prices and details.

Tralee Wedding Entertainment

Allan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:19:22 +0000

I was also in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel in Tralee a few weeks ago.

Recent Wedding Entertainment

Allan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:08:08 +0000

June and July have been unprecedentedly busy this year so I haven’t had a huge amount of time to upload recent weddings. It’s been so busy that towards the end of June I did a drinks reception in the Galway Bay Hotel, hopped in the car and drove to Piker’s Lodge, Lough Gowna, Cavan for an afters!
It worked out fine and it was nice to know that two lots of guests enjoyed my handiwork that day!

Wedding Entertainment in Wexford

Allan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:50:39 +0000

On Saturday I was in the Talbot Hotel in Wexford entertaining the guests of Claudine and Colin. Great crowd and a great day!

Wedding Entertainment

Allan — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:38:44 +0000

I was in Markree Castle in Sligo last week for the wedding of Michelle and Michael, and one of the guests was a friend of mine from art college who I haven’t seen for a decade! There were a few four letter exclamations, but that’s a standard Donegal greeting, from where he hails himself.

More below the fold.

The castle was fantastic:

Wedding Entertainment In Dundalk

Allan — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:29:55 +0000

I was in the Ballymascanlon House Hotel in Dundalk whipping out caricatures during the drinks reception of Sinead and Cormac on Saturday. When I do drinks reception entertainment it serves to keep the guests happy while the newlyweds are off with the photographer. It can be a bit of pressure on the couple and the photographer to get the shots done before the call to dinner, so I keep the guests nicely distracted while all that’s going on!

More below the fold. And this was the start of what turned out to be a brilliant weekend.