The Old Inn Crawfordsburn Wedding | Shanique + Jack

Shanique & Jack were married on the 10th of July at St. John’s in Belfast with their wedding reception being held at The Old Inn at Crawfordsburn. We believe this was the first wedding The Old Inn have hosted under their new owners, the hotel itself hasn’t even officially re-opened yet.

We first met Shanique & Jack when we photographed their engagement session at Sir. Thomas and Lady Dixon Park in Belfast. At that point they had planned to have their wedding in Jamaica but unfortunately with all the issues caused by the pandemic, especially around travel made that an impossible task. They decided in the end to postpone their wedding in Jamaica and proceed with getting married her on their original date with part two of their wedding happening in Jamaica next year instead.

Old Inn Wedding Photos

We met up with Shanique at her Mum’s home in Dunmurry on the morning of the wedding. These ladies were all such good fun to spend the morning with and it absolutely flew in, it seemed like in no time at all everyone was ready and we were on our way to the church for the wedding ceremony.

On arriving at the church, we me met up with Jack who looked a little nervous at first but as family and friends started arriving those nerves soon disappeared. The ceremony started very late due to some technical issues trying to set up a live stream. We have seen this a lot lately, so if you are planning your own wedding and need to broadcast the ceremony live you may want to allow some extra time for this or have a back up in place in case something goes wrong. Shanique & Jack had opted for quite a late ceremony time so the time lost trying to resolve the issues with the live stream meant that their wedding timeline ran quite late all day as they had no time to spare.

Old Inn Wedding Photography

Because their timeline went way off track it meant that we didn’t have the same amount of time that we would normally have for their bride and groom portraits and when we got back to the venue there was very little time at all before everyone had to be called inside for their speeches. These guys took it all in their stride though. We made the most of the time we did have and even with such limited time available we still managed to get some quick family photos squeezed in before the speeches when we got back to the Old Inn.

While their wedding day wasn’t what Shanique & Jack had originally planned, we know they had an amazing day. What makes a wedding day memorable is the people you share it with and Shanique & Jack’s family and friends were all so warm and friendly that they could have had their wedding anywhere in the world and it still would have been perfect! While they missed out on Jamaica this time, this lucky couple get to do it all again next year so they get the best of both worlds!