Angela Gallagher and Helen O’Reilly knew that they at least had a love of sports in common when they first met three years ago, at a rugby match in Aviva Stadium. They were together just over a year, when Helen popped the question, amid the historic surroundings of Bruges in Belgium. “I had the ring made in Antwerp and I proposed to her in a little stable whilst her favourite Christmas song, ‘Oh, Holy Night’, was playing.
When planning their reception, the three things they wanted to get absolutely right were the venue, band and food.