Sasha Hamrogue - who was born in the United States, lives in Kildare and has family in Donegal - is the daughter of Kinlough native Martin and Angela from Balli.
Aimee Woods and James Mackin, who got married last year, at their home in Castlebellingham. Photo: Arthur Carron
After choosing to get married in Roscommon’s Kilronan Castle, the pair settled on a May 2020 date.
“I collected my wedding dress on March 6, and went to Clare for the weekend to visit family and bring them bridesmaid dresses,” Aimee recalls.
“At the time, first Covid cases were happening in Clare. We were all saying, ‘wow, imagine having two weeks’ lockdown’. And then of course it got more serious.”
Their venue was entirely co-operative about cancelling the wedding in May, and the couple moved it to August. It soon became clear that an August wedding wasn’t on the cards either.