Wedding Venues in Galway: the planning guide

It depends on the type. Hotels sell per-head packages with a minimum number (often 60+); castles charge a substantial exclusive-use fee before food; country houses and exclusive-use estates charge a venue fee plus per-head catering plus accommodation. At Ballinderry Park a typical wedding of about 40 guests comes to roughly €12,700 all-in for the group — two nights’ exclusive use, accommodation and catering — around €310 a guest. The worked example on this page is computed live from our current rates.

The weddingsonline.ie 2025 Irish Wedding Survey (1,014 couples, December 2025) puts the average at €36,641 excluding the honeymoon, for an average of 141 guests, with the venue the largest line at €15,087 and the meal averaging €107 a head. Small weddings sit far below that: guest count is the main driver.

Up to 50 staying on site — the Manor House sleeps 14 in six bedrooms, the Coach House sleeps 12 in four, and the glamping village sleeps 18 — with day guests welcome on top for the ceremony and dinner. The house dines the party staying; a marquee on the lawn seats 50–75, and larger marquee weddings are possible.

Yes. One wedding party at a time has the whole estate — the house, the Coach House, the glamping village and the 41 acres. There are no other guests and no other wedding.

Two nights, which is how the weekend is designed: arrive and eat together the evening before, the wedding on the second day, breakfast together the morning after. A third night is possible if the dates are free.

Legally binding civil, humanist and spiritual ceremonies in Ireland must be conducted by a registered solemniser at a venue approved by the local registrar, after three months’ notice. Celebrant-led ceremonies can take place anywhere on the estate — the walled garden or the drawing room — and many couples do the legal part with the registrar separately. Ask us for the current position on solemniser-led ceremonies at the house.

Yes — the walled garden, with the Georgian house behind you, is the outdoor ceremony spot, and the drawing room is the wet-weather room thirty steps away. Drinks receptions move between the courtyard, the terrace and the lawn.

It is a base amount plus a per-guest amount for everyone attending, staying or visiting for the day — read live on this page from the same settings that build every quote. There are no guest-count tiers, so one extra guest never moves you into a higher bracket. Exclusive use of the house for the two nights is priced separately, on the number staying.

A deposit holds the dates, and the balance is collected in instalments — the live payment schedule for weddings is printed on this page and is exactly what the pay page collects. Deposits are non-refundable; the full cancellation terms are on our policies page.

Yes. Dogs are welcome at the estate, and there is a dog-friendly package in the catalogue with beds and bowls — bring the ring-bearer.

Three furnished units across the lawn — a Mongolian yurt, a canopy tent and a safari bunk house — sleeping 18 between them, with proper beds and bedding. It is where the younger cousins want to be, and it is what takes a wedding from 26 in the houses to 50 on site.

About 45 minutes from Galway city, 1.5 hours from Dublin on the M6, and an hour from Limerick and Shannon Airport. It is near Ballinasloe and Kilconnell in East Galway, so it is the easy side of the county for guests coming from Dublin or abroad.