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Wedding Venues

Wedding Venues

Clontarf Castle Hotel offers a range of different locations and opportunities around which a bespoke wedding can be designed.

What you choose will depend on your own personality and style – whether that’s a lavish celebration in the grandeur of the Great Hall ballroom, or a sophisticated function in Indigo Lounge or the Viking Suite.

A wide view of the Great Hall set for a gala dinner, with candelabra on every table and the carved frieze at the far end

100–250 guests

The Great Hall

The Great Hall is a truly elegant venue, featuring luxurious cream and purple tones and a lofty ceiling. Louise Kennedy designed crystal chandeliers illuminate a dramatic frieze depicting the Battle of Clontarf, a celebration of the incredible heritage of this centuries-old castle. The Great Hall contains its own purpose-built bar and pre-reception area, and hosts weddings for 100 up to 250 guests.

Round tables laid for dinner in the Viking Suite, with lily centrepieces, candelabra and silver chairs

Up to 80 guests

The Viking Suite

The Viking Suite is an inviting, exclusive space that features a striking colour scheme and a private pre-reception area. With a purpose-built bar inside the room, full air-conditioning and flooded by natural daylight, the Viking Suite is a popular choice for civil ceremonies and wedding receptions alike, for up to 80 guests.

Wide view of Fahrenheit Restaurant's vaulted wine bar and dining room, with botanical artwork along the banquette seating

40–70 guests

Fahrenheit Restaurant

Set within the original 12th-century castle walls, Fahrenheit Restaurant has a majestic atmosphere, with striking wooden beams, stained glass windows and panelled walls. Home to the Castle’s two AA Rosette cuisine, it makes an intimate and atmospheric setting for your wedding meal, for 40 up to 70 guests, with your arrival drinks and after-dinner celebrations in Indigo Lounge.

Wedding dinners are served in Fahrenheit. Ceremonies take place in the Great Hall or the Viking Suite, so please enquire about one of those.

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Indigo Lounge's purple-lit bar and lounge seating, with red velvet armchairs and a tufted blue banquette

Indigo Lounge

There’s a sense of fun sophistication in Indigo Lounge, where glamorous red chandeliers cast a sparkle over your evening occasion. Chic and contemporary, Indigo Lounge connects with an outdoor terrace, making it perfect for champagne receptions, al fresco dining and night-time celebrations. For Fahrenheit weddings, it hosts your arrival drinks reception and the celebrations after dinner.

The Indigo Lounge hosts arrival drinks and the wedding reception. Ceremonies take place in the Great Hall or the Viking Suite, so please enquire about one of those.

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Bridal Accommodation

Stay in a Castle Suite

Our King Suite and Royal Suite are available for the bride and groom: two beautiful suites in which to get ready for your day and begin married life.

  • Available for the bride and groom

    The King Suite

    A canopied four-poster bed, a separate living and dining area and a roll-top bath: a beautiful place to get ready for your day.

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  • Our bridal suite

    The Royal Suite

    'The Room with a View': a glass-walled turret room with a brass telescope and breathtaking views of Dublin, and a four-poster bedroom with silver damask drapes.

    View the Royal Suite

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