Two hundred friends and family gathered at the Church of St John in Cratloe, County Clare as Sharon Corr of the mega-selling Irish pop group The Corrs married Gavin Bonnar in an intimate wedding. Following the hour-long ceremony, guests were ferried to a reception at nearby 16th century Dromoland Castle for an all-night bash.
“It was a very emotional service,” Sharon said. “It was really lovely. We are both so happy… We have been together for six years but we would have married in six days but for our careers.”
The newlyweds, who met on the set of The Corrs’ first video, Runaway, both admitted to being a bit nervous before the wedding. “I was fine up to two minutes before I arrived and then all of a sudden I got nervous,” Sharon said.
“I felt okay to start with and then my best man joked that he had forgotten the rings,” said 32-year-old barrister Gavin. “Then I saw Sharon and I went to pieces. She is beautiful.”
Sharon, dressed in an off-white halter-neck gown designed by London designer Elspeth Gibson, arrived in a blue Jaguar alongside her 68-year-old father Gerry. Sharon’s mother died two years ago while waiting for a lung transplant.
Sharon’s sister Caroline was the maid of honour while Andrea, the lead singer of the Irish sibling group, was a bridesmaid.
The couple got engaged in August 1999 in France. They’re now off on their honeymoon, though the 31-year-old fiddle player remained tight-lipped on the secluded location.
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