title	Caroline and Chris's Wedding, Spanish Point, County Clare, Ireland - 26th October 2006
intro	Two friends of Isobel - Caroline and Chris - get married in Clouna Church, somewhere in the wilds of County Clare in Western Ireland, and follow up with a reception at Burke's Armada Hotel at Spanish Point. Nosher was meant to be at "part 1", but thanks to the A14 being bunged up (even at 6.15am), the intended Ry-unfair flight at Stansted was missed by about 10 minutes, which led to a dash down to Heathrow to try and catch a later Aer Lingus. This too, thanks to a combination of just missing several things by a few minutes, was overshot by 10 minutes and so there were several hours of hanging around at Heathrow to waiting for a 2pm flight. At least there was the sight of several heavily-armed coppers inspecting and disarming an abandoned rucsack nearby, and then interrogating some haples teenager with a guitar who was obviously plotting to cause mass panic by playing "Stairway to Heaven" on a flight to Ibiza or something. Nosher eventually made it to the hotel, after picking up a hire car from Shannon airport, for the main course (which had been kept on the table by Isobel) and quickly made up for lost time with a few glasses of wine and several pints of Guinness, followed by a bit of a thrash on the dancefloor to bop along to the Ceilidh band. The next day, the wedding moves over to Corofin and the Bofey Quinn pub, where there's a music night and plenty of free snacks. There's a bonus as the pub is only a short stagger away from the B&B we're staying in.
imgp8112	"Revenge of the photographers" on our table
imgp8114	Caroline's dad does a speech
imgp8124	Caroline and her dad
imgp8146	A speech from the Scottish contingent
imgp8161	The cakes are cut
imgp8178	Caroline is surrounded by her posse
imgp8197	The first dance
imgp8210	A ceilidh kicks off
imgp8212b	Loads of ceilidh dancing
imgp8218	Caroline dances
imgp8220	More ceilidh action
imgp8227	Nosher
imgp8245	Caroline reaches out to someone
imgp8257	Stripping the willow
imgp8267	Isobel in the action
imgp8276	Several kilts and the odd sgian dubh
imgp8280	The band
imgp8285	Some animated conversation
imgp8292	Caroline waves
imgp8301	More dancing
imgp8322	Isobel signs the wedding book next morning
imgp8325	Guests gathered in the hotel's reception
imgp8329	There's a massed gathering in the morning
imgp8488	A video is watched
imgp8491	Trad music in Bofey Quinn
imgp8495	At the bar
imgp8501	A fiddler awaits
imgp8506	More singing in the bar
imgp8509	There's some amusement in the band
imgp8511	A great story is told
imgp8519	The story continues
imgp8523	Scenes in the bar
imgp8534	Caroline plays a bit of penny whistle
imgp8538	Gary gets a snog
imgp8541	Conversation in Bofey's
imgp8551	Nosher's pints
imgp8563	The guitarist gets carried away
imgp8575	Some bodhrún sticks are waved around
imgp8582	Chris and Caroline do some dancing
imgp8593	A crowded bar