Ballyvolane House is a magical setting for your wedding. Tucked away in the beautiful Cork countryside, Ballyvolane has been in the Green family for generations, so you and your wedding guests can enjoy a slice of home-from-home ancestral chic. Ballyvolane House sits on magnificent gardens and parkland where you can have ceremonies and blessings in the woods, in the rustic hay barn and the gardens. Afterwards invite your guests for a beautiful 4 course meal in the dining terrace of our converted barn alongside the gardens and after, celebrate in style with dancing and more. Weddings often take place on Saturday, and the couple have exclusivity of the house and grounds from Friday (check-in) at 3pm until Sunday (check out) at 12 noon.
Our Wedding Ceremonies
Ballyvolane has over 80-acres of manicured gardens, mature woodland, lakes and parkland to get lost in. With our abundance of enchanting places there are lots of options inside and out. Have your ceremony inside the house, in our rustic hay barn or in the great outdoors where it can take place in the woods, gardens or beside the lakes. We can ensure you there will be a stunning backdrop to your wedding wherever you decide to have it!
Our Food & Drink
After the ceremony comes your Drinks Reception which would take place outside in the gardens and the main house. Your guests can mingle around the gardens, the hall, dining room and drawing room. You and your guests would be greeted on the lawn with our favorite wedding tipples such as; Prosecco or champagne, elderflower Bellinis, "B&T's" or our cocktails, using Bertha's Revenge Gin which is distilled in our small artisan distillery in the farmyard and lastly pints are available from our 1950’s retro caravan in the garden. While guests are enjoying their drinks, listening to live music and celebrating, our team would also be passing our beautiful homemade hot and cold canapes chosen by you.
We look after all catering in-house and our Head Chef Sarah creates stunning seasonal set menus where all our ingredients would be locally sourced from artisan food producers. Even more so, we grow a huge amount of our own vegetables and fruit in our walled garden and this would also be incorporated into our menus.
Party Time
We have created the perfect party venue! Guests can hit the dance floor or cosy up in the bar which are all connected to the dining terrace so that the party stays together and you can all dance the night away. Bare-foot or ball gowns, we are happy to accommodate all kinds of weddings.
Our Accommodation
We have six individually designed rooms in the main house which all have magnificent views of the gardens and the surrounding countryside, comfy beds you will get lost in and bathrooms with antique bathtubs. When you book your wedding with us you have the exclusive use of all the bedrooms in the main house, which sleeps 12 people. From May to September, another 20 wedding guests can also be comfortably accommodated in our garden Glamping tents and arcks. After that, we have some great accommodation recommendations in the local area and Cork city. We can help assist you in organising transport for all your guests who are not staying onsite.
Please do not hesitate to contact us via phone 025-36349 or by email [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to hear more about our wedding packages!
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Once we booked the date (pretty much the next day) the whole experience was just excellent and so professional. Jenny and Justin and the team at Ballyvolane are absolute pros and you know you are in excellent hands from the start. Every little question was answered so promptly and nothing was ever hassle for them. Everyone was a real pleasure to deal with.
We decided to book in and stay there a year before our wedding day and this was really special and we would recommend it. You get to see the place at the time of year of your event. We had a ball that day and evening, and we had our tasting menu and met such lovely people staying there. We were so delighted we decided to do this as it made us so excited for the big day. It was on this trip we first met Bernie who is an absolute sweetheart. She gave us such good little subtle tips for our day and we really listened. We also got to sample our now fave ‘Bertha’s Revenge’ gin cocktails which are just insanely fab!
Robyn was amazing to deal with and as we got closer to the day Grace was an absolute pleasure to work alongside, always calm and always having the answer and she genuinely helped us to enjoy it all and it felt like we were planning a great party! And that was exactly what we hoped for!
Once we landed for our wedding in June 2023 we came a day before our family which was lovely to settle in and have a moment to ourselves and got to chat to the team properly. Our guests arrived the Friday and we had an incredible evening hosting them in the house. The food, drinks, service and general vibe was so special. Everyone was genuinely blown away by it all and it just made everyone so excited for the big day.
There was an amazing calmness on the wedding day and we decided to avail of the clay pigeon activity for the guys that morning and we were so glad we did this. They had a ball with Justin and it was the highlight of the morning for sure. We were lucky enough to have our ceremony in the woods and it was just so special and almost indescribable. The peace and quiet and the stunning surrounds just made it breathtaking. We genuinely loved every second (even when the rain came) it honestly made it such a fun and memorable experience. Nothing was hassle on the day and even some rain didn’t get anyone in a flap. Everyone was having that good a time this was just a tiny detail.
We had our little girl and her cousins at our wedding and they just loved the adventure that Ballyvolane brings. They were welcomed with open arms and that meant so much to us. Justin was kind enough to take them to feed the pigs the day we checked out aswell and they loved it.
The staff at Ballyvolane are different level and the service is a ‘subtle 5 star’ and not at all fussy or formal. It’s a cool and relaxed vibe and we had the best day ever!! There was a really unique atmosphere the whole day and it was the best party we had ever been to (taking our bias out of it) Jenny & Justin are the nicest couple who are such experts and it just meant we didn’t worry about a thing (why would you ?!) you knew there was a dream team behind it all. Every single member of the team just couldn't do enough for us, always going the extra mile, and more.
We have had so many friends say to us what an amazing wedding it was and they all mention Ballyvolane and how cool it is. We loved Ballyvolane before our big day, now we genuinely adore it and are already planning our next visit there.
Thank you Jenny, Justin, Grace, Lilian, Bernie, Mathilde, the doggies, and every single other person who helped us and made our special day one we will never forget. You guys work so hard to create something unique and you do that so brilliantly.
If you are considering Ballyvolane House for your big day. Don’t dwell, just do it. You will not regret it.