WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 28 July 1910, Page 1186

WEDDING BELLS

AEDAGH. "" A wedding the public interest in which signified the, popularity of the principals was celebrated at St. Patrick’s Basilica during the past week (writes our Oamaru correspondent), the contracting parties being Mr. J. Ryan, of Kauroo Hill, and Miss Mary Ardagh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Armagh, late of Glenavy, and now resident in Oamaru. The Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay performed the ceremony, and was assisted by the Rev. Father Aubry (Waimate) and Rev. Father Farthing (Oamaru). The bride was handsomely robed in ivory satin charmeuse made in princess style, with the usual wreath and veil. She was attended by Miss Maggie Ardagh, Miss Ryan, Miss Kitty Ardagh, Miss Annie Ardagh, and Miss Mona Ardagh as bridesmaids; Mr. Ryan’s attendants being Mr. P. Ryan (as best man) and : Mr. P. Ardagh (as groomsman). Miss O’Grady played the Wedding March. After the ceremony the guests adjourned to the residence of the bride’s parents on the North road, where the wedding breakfast was laid in two large marquees specially erected for the purpose, a string orchestra, which occupied a position on the verandah, providing a suitable musical accompaniment to the repast. The Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay proposed the health of the bride and bridegroom, remarking that he had known the former since she was a child, and spoke highly of the respect in which her parents were held throughout the district. The bridegroom’s gift to the bride was a cameo ring, and that of the bride to the bridegroom a gold albert. The bridegroom’s gift to the chief bridesmaid was a gold bangle, and to the others he presented brooches. The happy couple were the recipients of a large number of valuable and costly presents. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan left by the afternoon train en route lota the North Island, where the honeymoon will be spent. ' 7