Virginia Park Lodge is an 18th-century country house on a 100-acre estate beside Lough Ramor in Co. Cavan, about an hour from Dublin. Weddings are exclusive use for up to 300 guests, and 125 guests can stay overnight across the house, cottages, huts and cabins.
The house began as a hunting lodge for the Earl of Bective and was later restored by Michelin-starred chef Richard Corrigan, who married at Virginia Park Lodge himself. The estate covers 100 acres of gardens and woodland in Deerpark Forest, with walking trails and a nine-hole golf course. Book a wedding and you have the house and gardens to yourselves.
The lodge is licensed for civil ceremonies and partnerships, held in the house, the Lakeview Pavilion or the gardens, and the Church of Ireland stands at the end of the driveway. The Marchioness Banqueting Room takes up to 60 guests. The Lakeview Pavilion, with views over Lough Ramor, takes up to 300. Food comes from the estate kitchen and its gardens, and covers the wedding dinner, a rehearsal dinner and a second-day barbecue.
Enquire about Virginia Park Lodge →In Virginia, Co. Cavan, beside Lough Ramor. It is about an hour from Dublin and 50 minutes from Dublin Airport.
Exclusive-use weddings run to 300 guests in the Lakeview Pavilion. The Marchioness Banqueting Room suits up to 60.
Yes. The lodge is licensed for civil ceremonies and partnerships, in the house, the Lakeview Pavilion or the gardens. The village church is at the end of the driveway.
Up to 125, in the main house, courtyard cottages, shepherd's huts and woodland cabins. The Deerpark Inn has six more rooms.
Yes. Weddings can run over a single day or several, with a rehearsal dinner the night before and a barbecue the day after.
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