Well I suppose it wasn’t too bad.
We looked pretty asinine (but ironic) gazing into each other’s eyes at the kitchen table.

They also used the photo from 1973 which my brother-in- law Martin Lyes took.
(I put it up on the blog yesterday)

The grandson became a son but sure what odds.
You can read about the other weddings of the various decades on the Tribune site Here

This was our bit:

The 1970s Couple – Martin and Sile Dwyer, Consultant chef; former primary school teacher

Career: Now run a B&B in the Languedoc region of France
Family: Three daughters and one son
Wedding day: 14th July 1973

The First Meeting

Martin: We met on a postgraduate teaching course in 1971 – although Sile can remember me from before that.
Sile: I actually saw Martin for the first time when we were in UCD in 1970 and we were both doing arts degrees, but we met properly the following year at the teacher-training course. There were only 17 of us in the class so we got to know each other really well.
Martin: We started to go out at Easter and never looked back.

The Proposal

Martin: It was in a pub in Skerries during the autumn of 1972. We’d been going out together for six months by that stage.
Sile: We were having a drink and talking about our future when somehow we reached the decision that we wanted to get married. Neither of us can remember exactly how it came about. It was kind of a mutual decision.
Martin: I think I casually suggested that we should get married soon and Sile agreed. We decided that the following summer would be good.

The Wedding

Martin: It was a superb wedding, very casual. Sile’s father taught in Gormanston College, so we got married in the chapel there and had the reception in the refectory.
Sile: The reception was a buffet. My mum and sister did most of the catering with help from the college staff. For the music we enlisted Martin’s friend Stephen Pearce to gather the remains of the band Strangely Strange. They played ‘The Tennessee Waltz’ over and over again to cater for the older guests.
Martin: There were no monkey suits on the day. No taxis. It was all very casual and most of us went for a swim in the pool afterwards.
Sile: I bought my dress in Switzers off the peg. I think it cost £28. My friend Isabel crocheted me a juliet cap on the train, as she travelled up from Cork on the day of the wedding. I wasn’t nervous at all. In fact I think Martin was more nervous.
Martin: We went off on honeymoon on our motorbike and camped and ate in the best restaurants in Ireland. We’ve always been into good food and had a restaurant in Waterford for 20 years.