WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 35, 31 August 1905, Page 20

WEDDING BELLS

KEENAN-SHEEHAN.

A marriage which took place at Fairlie on August 14 created more t!han ordinary interest, as the parents of the bride have been residents of the district for upwards of a quarter of a century. The contracting parties were Mr. P, Keenan, third son of Mr. P. Keenan, of Kaikoiura, and Miss Mary Sheehan, eldest daughter of Mr. D. Sheehan, of Fair He. The ceremony, which was witnessed by a large number of frictads of both parties, took place in St. Patrick's Church, and was performed by the Rev. Father Le Petit. The bride jwho was given away by her father, looked extremely tX m? castume o f whit e serge, beautifully trimmed with silk and silk lace, and wore the customary wreath and veil. Her sister, Miss N. Sheohan, acted as bridesmaid, and the bridegroom was attended by his brother Mr. J. Keenan, of Kaikoura. At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding party proceeded to the residence of the brides parents, wfiere the wadding breakfast was laid. The newly-wedded couple left by the afternoon tram for Dunedin, where the honeymoon was to be sn«nt. Mr. and Mrs. Keenan were the recipients o! many valuable and useful presents. In the evening a very large number of guests were entertained by Mr and Mrs. Rheehan in the public hall, which was very tastefully decorated for the occasion.