The Wool Tower Wedding | Claire + Chris
Claire & Chris got married on the 29th of December with both their wedding ceremony and reception taking place at The Wool Tower in Broughshane. Their wedding was our very last wedding of 2022 and was a great day to finish up this year’s wedding season on.
On the morning of the wedding, it was a short trip down the road for us being based in Lisburn to get to Moneyreagh, to meet up with Claire and the rest of the girls at her mum and dad’s. It wouldn’t be a wedding without a last-minute bit of drama and at this wedding it was provided by one of Claire’s bridesmaids who took a tumble the day before badly bruising her foot. She powered on through like a trooper though! The girls were all in great form so we knew we were in for a really good day as we headed of to The Wool Tower to meet up with Chris. We photograph a lot of weddings in Ballymena and it was great to be a wedding photographer in Ballymena again.
The Wool Tower wedding photography
On arriving at The Wool Tower, we found Chris and the rest of the guys having an obligatory pint of Guinness and chilling out before the ceremony. We had left the girls a little bit later than expected but still had time to grab a couple of quick photos with Chris and the boys before the girls arrived and the main event started.
Chris told us to expect a few tears from Claire as she walked down the aisle and she duly obliged. These guys opted for a humanist wedding ceremony and it was performed by Ann Pinkerton. Music for the ceremony was provided by the very friendly and talented Catherine Hamilton soprano and harpist.
Wedding photos at The Wool Tower
You never know what you are going to get weather wise at a winter wedding but we kind of expected that the weather might not be so good based on the forecast which in the end was proved right. It was a bitterly cold day and there was a fair bit of rain around as well. This meant that we didn’t get as much time with Claire & Chris for their portraits after the ceremony as we had hoped, but we made great use of the time that the guys gave us.
We love it when couples decide to do it their own way and not stick to normal wedding traditions as this means they are having the wedding they want! For Claire and Chris this meant that they mixed the normal wedding timeline up a little, choosing to cut their cake well before dinner and deciding not to do formal speeches. Both dad’s and Chris still said a few words after they cut their cake but it made for a much more relaxed atmosphere, which is exactly what the guys wanted.
Like all good weddings, the good times roll after dinner. There were drinks aplenty, Chris treated the boys to cigars and the guys did a sparkler run before heading back inside for the dancing. Claire and Chris opted for one of the shortest first dances we have ever seen, it couldn’t have been any more than 20-30 seconds before their guests joined them on the dancefloor. Everyone had an amazing night!
If you are planning your own wedding at this venue and would like some more inspiration, you might also like to have a look at this other wedding we photographed there as well. Wool Tower weddings
