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Wedding invitation in English and Irish.
From the invitations to the wedding programs to many of the songs, prayers and readings at the ceremony, the Irish language was used wherever possible throughout the day. The printed wedding materials featured traditional Irish fonts, including one found in the Book of Kells, an ancient Latin gospel book illustrated by monks that is now on display at Trinity College Dublin.
Aidan also presented his bride-to-be with an âIrish wedding hankyâ the morning of the wedding. For this Irish tradition, the bride carries the hanky on the wedding day, and then later it is made into a baby bonnet for their first child. In keeping with the theme of the wedding, Aidan chose to have âWill you marry me?â embroidered in Gaelic on the hanky, which was even more significant because that is how he asked her (in Irish) when they got engaged more than four years ago.