Articles Archives - Asgards https://asgards.ie/category/articles/ Traditional Irish Music Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:04:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Gothic Castle Elopement Wedding https://asgards.ie/gothic-castle-elopement-wedding/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:00:43 +0000 https://asgards.ie/?p=6483 Megan and Ryan dreamt of an Irish Castle wedding. Dani from @scottosoirees planned this beautiful destination wedding at Blackwater Castle in Cork, to perfection and @eulaliaportraits captured the event. Just...

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]]> Megan and Ryan dreamt of an Irish Castle wedding. Dani from @scottosoirees planned this beautiful destination wedding at Blackwater Castle in Cork, to perfection and @eulaliaportraits captured the event. Just 35 guests

Asgards Irish music performed for the ceremony, with Alison playing the romantic “All I Ask of You” from Phantom of the Opera followed by a lively traditional session in the castle bar. Alison led an impromptu Irish dance and Meg and her dad danced their first dance to Country Roads.

A stunning venue, an amazing planner, stunning photography and wonderful music. All on the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice. Just perfection!

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]]> Ceremony music https://asgards.ie/music-for-your-ceremony/ Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:41:15 +0000 https://asgards.ie/?p=6384 Irish Traditional, Religious and Contemporary Music for ceremony

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]]> Picking music for your wedding ceremony is such a personal choice. The best way to start is to pick musicians that understand your vision for the type of ceremony you want. Asgards play Irish Traditional music, which is what we have been doing since long before we ever thought of playing professionally. Our repertoire hopefully reflects our own love of Traditional Irish music. We can learn pieces for our couples but we always consider our genre and our instruments. We are always happy to discuss what you have in mind and see what works best. We all read music so learning new pieces is never a problem! Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss.

We play Irish Airs and pieces by O’Carolan. Some of these pieces which we find work really well are:

Si Beag Si Mór

Planxty Irwin

Lord Inchiquin

She moved through the fair

Hewlett

An Gaoth Aneas

Planxty Fanny Power

Down by the Salley Gardens

Some contemporary songs we play:

How long will I love you (Waterboys)

Gift of a Thistle (Braveheart)

Can’t Help Falling in Love with you (Elvis, The ting tings etc.)

 

Classical/ other

Pacabel Canon in D

Concerning Hobbits (from the Hobbit)

 

Religious

Ag Criost an tSiol

Mo Gra thu a thiarna

A Mhuire Mathair

Please reach out to us with your questions concerning music for your ceremony. We are happy to help!

 

 

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