Caoimhe Doyle, who started the Covid Bride Tribe account, and fiancé Stuart with spaniel Lola Being a teacher, I am of course always very organised and, after being with your partner for ten years I would say after year five you couldn t have gone for an ice cream without expecting a ring to be produced! she said. We had discussed getting married and our ring sizes and so on in February last year with a local jeweller, but the week we went to pick up our rings, Covid hit, and everything shut down.
Caoimhe said that planning her wedding in the middle of lockdown was a welcome distraction which she felt helped to keep her spirits high.
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