A new survey shows that Donegal is the SIXTH best place in Ireland to get married in.
Diamond jewellers Austen & Blake has ranked every county in Ireland against a number of criteria to find out which of the 32 counties people should be in when you say ‘I do’.
Ranked upon their number of official wedding venues, local florists, local catering services, Instagram geotags, hotels, transport options and average temperature, here are the Irish counties that made it into the top five:
Dublin
Cork
Galway
Kerry
Antrim
Donegal was just outside the top five but came in a very respectable sixth overall.
See the graph below on how the survey was scored and how well Donegal did compared to other counties.
Austen & Blake’s in-house expert Anthony French speaks on the findings, “By creating this campaign, we hope to take a little bit of the pressure off of couples trying to make one of the biggest decisions about their wedding day. A lot goes into choosing where to tie the knot, which is why we included seven different criteria – those we consider some of the most important aspects of a dream wedding location.”
“Looking at the results, it seems that the counties with the largest populations came out on top, with four out of the top five sitting in the top five for the highest populated Irish counties. What is interesting is that Antrim, currently the 16th most populated county in Ireland, made it into the top five over some of the other more populated counties – proving that bigger isn’t always better!”
“Of course, choosing your wedding venue is a very personal decision and what might be important to one person might not sit as highly on your priority list, so whilst our data shows that Dublin offers up the most options for a number of criteria, other counties might be better suited for other reasons. As long as you are surrounded by your favourite people, in the grand scheme of things, where you get married doesn’t really matter.”