My Wedding Day: Ryan Andrews 'My wife-to-be let me plan everything for our dream Majorca wedding.'

Irish Examiner

12-08-2025

WE got married on July 22, 2023. We had the wedding in Majorca. When we started planning the wedding, we asked ourselves, 'if we were to get married anywhere, where would it be?' And we always said Majorca — it's such a beautiful island.
We based ourselves in Port de Sollér, a little village on the west coast, and then we got married in a place called Deià in a cliff-top mansion called Son Marroig.
We actually were legally married in Dublin on November 23, 2022. It was a simple registry office wedding with our immediate family with us. Michaela's dad passed away a few years ago, so we had that civil ceremony on his birthday. It was a nice way to feel like he was with us.
I was the planner for the Majorca wedding. Michaela said to me, 'off you go', and I planned everything. We had to organise everything, really, from the cutlery to the entertainment.
We had about 70 guests — family and friends — and in the week leading up to the big day, they were arriving on the island, and there was a nice buzz when each new group arrived.
The good thing was that people were meeting each other during the week, and so by the day of the wedding, everyone knew each other. There was even a sing-song on the bus on the way to the venue!
We had a lovely evening the night before the wedding. Myself and Michaela stayed together that night and had breakfast together on the morning of the wedding. Then I went off and met my friends and some of us went for a sea swim, followed by a cocktail. I was totally relaxed and feeling so energised. I got ready then at the venue. Michaela was with her bridal party — her friends and sisters. She had a very relaxed morning.
Michaela got her dress in Verona Bridal. She said it was the second or third dress she tried on. Then she kept looking at it and looking at it, and eventually picked it up there and then, there were no alterations needed. I got my suit in Louis Copeland and I felt like a million euro in it. I walked out of the shop thinking: 'I can't wait to wear this!'
The entertainment and music was such an important part of the day for us. During our ceremony, we had a string quartet, and they played music as the different groups walked down the aisle. I walked down the aisle with my mam to Viva la Vida. Michaela has nine nieces and nephews, and they walked down the aisle to A Million Miles. And it was so cute, one of the flower girls — Phoebe — was one and a half at the time, and she took her first steps while she was on the island. It took her so long to get down the aisle that the quartet had to play the song at least twice!
Then Michaela walked down to I Can't Help Falling in Love with You. When the ceremony was over, we both walked down the aisle to Can't Take My Eyes Off You from The Jersey Boys — it's our favourite musical.
You know, I think people say, 'do the wedding that you want', but then I actually think you need to do the wedding that your guests would want as well. Because when your guests are having fun, you're having fun.
We had a brilliant band and a DJ for the party that evening. We had practised a dance routine, it was nice and simple, and good fun. We had a lot of guests from the world of entertainment and musicals, so as you can imagine, the dance floor was hopping all night. Our first dance was to I Only Want to Be with You, which is a Bay City Rollers song, but we had the Lyra version of it. We'd heard it one time randomly and just fell in love with it.
The party wound down at 3am. We were having a day two also, so people were happy enough to call it a night. Do you know what, it's months and months of planning, and I think your body and your brain shuts down, like 'I don't want to make any more decisions. I'm done!'. That's how I felt.
When I remember the day now, there are so many lovely moments during the day, like seeing Michaela walking down the aisle. And seeing my parents getting ready for the day. And you know, seeing little things like the canapes that we chose two years ago being handed out and everyone enjoying them. There are all these little moments like that, that might seem pretty insignificant to others, but they're actually really significant to us.
It's funny, I often say that I'd love to do it all again, but experience it as a guest, if you know what I mean? I'd love to see it from the other side.
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