Ger Colleran

In the Oxford English Dictionary, the word ‘Toast’ is described as a ’’…call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and drink together in honour of a person or thing, or an instance of drinking in this way…’’. At an Irish Wedding, there are many opportunities to Toast people during the following Wedding […]

It is all very well writing a great wedding speech that covers everybody and everything; however, when it comes to delivering your wedding speech, it is completely a different challenge. The delivery of your wedding speech is what will make it a great wedding speech or an ordinary wedding speech. As you practice and prepare

Whether you are a Father of the Bride, Mother of the Bride, Father of the Groom, Mother of the Groom, Bride, Groom, Bestman, Bridesmaid and/ or Groomsman, you should really put in the effort and practice to write and deliver a great and memorable wedding speech. You want to know the reasons why? Well, here

When it happens to you i.e., that you have to deliver a wedding speech, your first thoughts are, ‘Well, who do I mention and what do I have to say? After some thought, these ‘should’ come naturally to you, remembering that it is all about the Bride & Groom. However, what else can you say

Over the centuries and decades it was not a common thing for a Bride to speak at their wedding. Whatever they wanted to say or would have liked to say was always covered by their Groom (through a Groom’s Wedding Speech) or their Father (a Father of the Bride Wedding Speech) or their Mother (a

There is a wedding date announced and once you hear about it or are told, you know that you will have to speak, be asked to speak or indeed want to speak, whether you are a Bride, Groom, Father / Mother of the Bride, Father / Mother of the Groom, Bestman, Bridesmaid or Groomsman. After