The McNally Wedding

Unfortunately, I woke up to a completely flat tire. Maybe should’ve gotten that extra insurance 🥴. Thankfully, there was a tire shop just down the road. We attempted to get the spare tire on, but the previous tire was rusted on. So they came to get the spare on and then got it dropped it off for a repaired/new tire. Two others came in while I waited. They were greeted by the owner, “Let me guess, left front?”

Josie and Noel went out to shop downtown Dingle along with my niece, Ellie. Noel’s first coffee shop coffee of the trip!

My nephew Baxter and I went off to do some exploring. Dingle is in the western most part of Ireland- and Europe for that matter. It is home to some amazing architecture. Bax and I enjoyed a walk along the cliffs- same area as some of Star Wars- Last Jedi was filmed. We fed some goats, lambs, and pigs. Baxter after feeding a goat from a bottle- “I feel really bad for a goat mom”. 😆

My parents rented out an entire B and B- six rooms- for the 17 of us. My cousin Maureen (mom’s sisters daughter) was marrying Conor (Belfast native). The wedding guests were a mix of people from Northern Ireland, Maureen‘s friends from Wisconsin, and about 40 from the Brady Family (my mom‘s maiden name).

The wedding was fabulous. You could feel the love. The highlight of speeches came from Conor’s dad: “Two men in a bar were arguing whether there was a difference between the word complete and finished. Finally, the one said to the other there is a difference! If you marry the right woman, you are complete. If you marry the wrong woman, you are finished. And if you marry the right woman, but cheat on her, you are completely finished.”

A live band followed dinner with the kids joining us. Millie, “I look too good to be here!” I thought things were winding down only to find out that following the band was a DJ for several hours. Some late night food made its way to tables, drinks kept flowing, and the dancing continued. Noel stayed late with some of the young young folks. When I asked her the next morning, what did I miss, before I could finish she responded “poor decisions.”Read more