First thing you see is usually your choice...

I am backtracking a bit as I have already looked into quite a few venues... well I would say I have looked at every venue in County Antrim & L/Derry (online anyway, as I can't physically go).

Our requirements are:

1. Church of Ireland ceremony (which as I am Presbyterian and James is COE is another thing I REALLY need to look into!!) within 40mins max drive of:
2. A venue for up to 130 people and ideally can take as many as possible for overnight stay
3. Not expensive!

Anyway, my mum sent me a message asking me to look into 'Lissanoure Castle' which I did...
They have a COE church on site and it looks AMAZING, we both love castles and all things historical so it just seemed perfect. The only initial downside is that there are very few rooms so most guests would be at another hotel which for evening festivities is not ideal...
So basically we were in love...

Then came the price enquiry, A deposit of £700 and is £2000 for hire alone paired with £400 for the church and they do not provide food so I would have to get in a separate caterer which I priced at 3000 for 100 people.

Dream venue melting away... all is not forgotten but we decided to look into other hotels but it is safe to say everything we see now is compared to it...