Six Kildare venues make it into top wedding locations in Ireland

Six premium Kildare wedding venues have hit Ireland’s Top 100 venues list as the One Fab Day website launches its independent wedding venue guide, the One Fab Day 100 Best Wedding Venues 2024/2025.

The Kildare venues that made the list are The Abbey, Carton House, The K Club, Kilkea Castle, Killashee and Martinstown House.

In addition, the Big Wedding Survey 2024 trends have emerged with...

• The average budget of an Irish wedding is €25k - 30k.
• Longer engagements have become the norm; 18 months (34%), two years (20%), more than two years (19%).
• Small is beautiful with 70% of couples having fewer than 150 guests while 35% inviting fewer than 100.
• Editor, Jessica O’Sullivan said, “We are utterly spoiled for choice in Ireland when it comes to wedding venues, as there are thousands of incredible spaces and properties where you can say ‘I do.’ Whittling it down to just 100 of the best is always an extremely challenging task. To have this many elite venues in the same county make the top 100 is very impressive.”

“As the majority of couples are opting to enjoy a long engagement, this gives them more time to research and find their perfect venue, whether that’s a castle, a restaurant, a gallery, or a country house hotel.”

Jessica added, “In response to the many readers queries we’ve received, this year we have added a dog-friendly category so that readers can see at a glance whether a venue is open to them bringing the furriest member of the family to their wedding day.”

The editorial team at Ireland’s number one wedding website, One Fab Day, has produced this must read guide for engaged couples. Now in its eighth year the guide features a list of the 100 best wedding venues in Ireland, offering tips for the initial stages of wedding planning. The easy-to-use format helps couples quickly compare and contrast prospective venues and has lots of helpful articles on how to choose and make the most of your venue, including a handy checklist of questions to ask when you go for that all-important first viewing.

The One Fab Day guide is now available in a beautifully illustrated print version for purchase in newsagents or can be downloaded directly from onefabday.com. It is priced at €4.99. You can see which venues made the top 100 here.