Helena Murphy, Celebrant

11/01/2023

Received this thank you card in the post this morning from a real highlight ceremony for me last year. Getting to celebrate these special days with my clients is such an honour and when you are doing it for people that you already know and love, it makes it all the more amazing. Thanks again to Lisa and Liv, and all my couples from 2022 for making it such an awesome year after a couple of very rocky ones 🙏

10/07/2022

Great afternoon finalising a wedding ceremony for some dear friends of mine. Shaping up to be as beautiful a ceremony as that day was 💜🌞 can't wait ladies!

25/10/2021

The set up in Murphy's Barn is absolutely beautiful. Sinead and her team were fantastic to deal with and created a warm and welcoming space. Definitely a great spot for my first ceremony back after a looooong break 👌

09/11/2020

I'm honoured to have this blog piece published on the The Irish Ethical Celebrants Society website this week. It was an absolute privilege to meet with Rosie to help plan and prepare her end of life celebration, as well as being a very different but beautiful experience.

If you would like to find out more about a celebrant led celebration and what you can do to prepare in advance, please get in touch with me or one of my fellow celebrants at www.iecs.ie.

06 Nov An end of life celebration…meeting Rosie. Posted at 12:49h in Ceremonies, Ethical Celebrant by IECS 0 Comments 0 Likes As the way we celebrate the milestone moments in life changes and evolves, more and more people are becoming familiar with the idea of having a celebrant for weddings and n...

15/09/2020

During these difficult times, it is good to have something positive to focus on! If you have had to change your wedding plans, or became newly engaged during lockdown, and are looking for a different type of ceremony, why not consider booking an ethical celebrant from the The Irish Ethical Celebrants Society (like myself perhaps?!)

One of my IECS colleagues performed the marriage celebration for Kate and Karen, who have shared their experience below. Get in touch if you would like your day to be just as meaningful and memorable!

02/09/2020

What a beautiful venue for my first ceremony in this new Covid-careful world 🥰

Huge congratulations to Niamh and Alan, such a joy to be a part of their big day!

29/08/2020

Sand ceremonies are a great addition to a marriage celebration or baby naming ceremony. Different coloured sands can be used to represent various facets of your lives (the couple, children, pets, families, etc. - you could also involve some of these in the ceremony itself... maybe not the pets!)

The sands are poured into a keepsake vase or jar and can be accompanied by music, a reading/poem or some simple wording like 'As these grains of sand can no longer be separated, so will your marriage/family be'.

Get in touch for more information on different ways to personalise your ceremony!

14/07/2020

to one of my favourite weddings I've done, location wise, 3 years ago today. Roundwood House was absolutely stunning and the staff were amazing. We were waiting until the last minute to complete the set up as we wanted to see if it would rain... luckily it didn't! The ceremony went off without a hitch with beautiful music provided by The Lovely Strangers. The wonderfully simple hanging heart decorations were done by the bride herself, cut outs from some old books they had picked up on a holiday. They were so romantic, swaying slightly in the light breeze. In a lot of ways, it was one of the ceremonies I've been least nervous for as the setting was so tranquil and relaxing

07/07/2020

Big thank you to Danielle and Tom for sharing their experience of having an ethical celebrant-led ceremony for their wedding. My colleague Yvonne Cassidy Weddings from The Irish Ethical Celebrants Society and I also make an appearance at the end, discussing why we love what we do 💜

27/06/2020

Happy Pride to one and all! It's a bit different this year obviously but it doesn't mean we celebrate it any less

https://dublinpride.ie/events/

Official website for the Dublin LGBTQ Pride Festival. News updates, information on this years festival and events.

25/06/2020

Having just received my first wedding ceremony query since the COVID outbreak, I am glad to have these safety guidelines for our Ethical Celebrants performing ceremonies over the coming months. There will be lots of potential changes to consider but the safety of all of our clients and their guests, as well as ourselves and other service providers is paramount. And we can still make it a great day for all 🥰

https://www.iecs.ie/guidelines-for-the-safe-delivery-of-celebrant-led-ceremonies-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

23 Jun Guidelines for the safe delivery of celebrant led ceremonies during the Covid 19 pandemic Posted at 18:53h in Uncategorized by IECS 0 Comments 0 Likes Wedding ceremonies and Covid 19 As we enter this new phase of the easing of restrictions, we are beginning to see smaller wedding ceremonies t...

09/06/2020

While funeral services may become somewhat more bearable with the increase in numbers permitted to attend as of yesterday (up to 25), a colleague in The Irish Ethical Celebrants Society wrote a guide for planning a memorial that you can host yourself whenever you are ready

As Ethical Celebrants, we are saddened by the stories of families who have lost a loved one during this pandemic, but who are not able to mourn in the ways that we are so accustomed to here in Ireland. The Irish have a very special way of dealing with death, and that is through stories. We are a nation of storytellers and when we are grieving it is often the stories that get us through the hard times. Now, to not be able to celebrate the life of a loved one with our communities, and to share those stories that are so important to the grieving process, is deeply upsetting.

We want to try and help and IECS member, Derbhile Graham, Life Celebrant, has written a useful guide to creating a memorial ceremony for your loved one when we are all able to come together again. A memorial ceremony may offer some comfort and closure following the death of a loved one.

Our members are also available to write and perform memorial ceremonies, or to offer guidance, support and advice to families who wish to hold their own private memorial ceremony.

Please click on the link below for more information.


https://www.iecs.ie/a-guide-to-writing-a-memorial-ceremony/

04/06/2020

to my first ever wedding ceremony in May 2016. I was doing it as a favour for friends of mine - who knew that it would lead me to embark on a whole new side career? I remember the nerves when I was standing at the top of this beautiful room at the Step House Hotel waiting for the guests and the couple to arrive. And how gorgeous is this floral arch from All About Weddings?

Luckily, everything went off without a hitch and it's been an eventful journey ever since!

01/06/2020

Lots of couples still considering their options for postponing their ceremonies - here are some great tips from One Fab Day to help you along!

If you go ahead with a smaller legal ceremony soon, you could have a larger celebration later with a celebrant (like myself 😉) performing a bespoke ceremony. Why have one big day when you can have two?!

Should you postpone your wedding because of coronavius? We're breaking down the latest guidelines and advice for weddings and Covid-19