I need to find a couple of tunes for a wedding ceremony (in church). Does anyone have some suggestions? My wife assures me that “Put another log on the fire”, or similar tunes just won’t work. 
Thanks,
Paulsdad
A song we used to do a lot at weddings is “Today” (“Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine”)…that would sound rather nice on the whistle, I think. “Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go” springs to mind too (leaving off the last verse, of course, if someone’s going to be singing it!). If it’s gotta be Irish, “Bheir me O” would be a nice one…or even “Mairi’s Wedding”!
Redwolf
Which part of the ceremony? I’m playing some tunes at my sister’s wedding in Sept. The ceremony opens with 2 bridesmaids carrying candles to the front to light another candle. I’m going to play a relatively slow piece called Brigit’s Feast, by Aine Minogue. It’s on her cd, Mysts of Time. (The cd title and liner notes are embarrassingly sappy new age, but the music is excellent.) Later in the ceremony my mom and the groom’s mom are doing something similar (or identical?) and I’m going to play a slow air, Have You Been to Carrick? (There’s an example by me on Clips under slow airs.) I thought Lord Inchiquin would be a nice celebratory tune at the end. My bouzouki friend, Peter, and I will be playing before the ceremony while people are filtering into their seats. I’ll do Lord Inchiquin somewhere in that time. I’m also planning some polkas and jigs there. The wedding is outdoors with the reception inside (no travel). We’re going to step it up to reels and whatnot after the ceremony is ended during the photo taking/hors douvre hour. I’ll have to step out briefly to pose for pictures, so I advised Peter to have a few solos. So, tonight, I go over to my mom’s to paint her livingroom so it will look nice for the guests.
Tony
My wife & I have played for several weddings (me on a Low D Whistle & her accompanying on guitar). We have used a medley of two Carolan tunes; Fanny Power & Planxty Irwin, for the bridal procession, and then another, Si Bheag Si Mhor, as the recessional. People seemed to like it (we got asked to do a few more weddings after we played the first one). These tunes are pretty simple to learn if you don’t know them already and the ABC’s a easy to find on-line (JC’s tune finder or Henrik Norbeck collection).
For “mood” music during the signing of the register or while people are waiting for the bride to arrive, Red is the Rose (aka Loch Lomond), Down by the Sally Gardens, and Inisheer are all three nice airs (sometimes hard to find airs that aren’t overly melancholy!).
PS: If the wedding is in a Catholic Church, some parish’s get antsy about “non-church” music being played for the wedding mass. We ran into this problem once. We appeased the priest by telling him that the Carolan pieces are 17th century Baroque pieces composed by an Irish harpist and devout Catholic, and we know that at least one (Fanny Power) was actually composed for a wedding celebration. And if he’s still not convinced, tell him to look up Carolan & his music in the Catholic Encyclopedia (no lie, he’s in there!). This works especially well if the priest is Irish or of Irish descent.
SteveB
my two favorite tunes to play at weddings are: “Shatter the Glass” and “I Buried my Wife and Danced on her Grave” Nothing like sending a subliminal message like this at a wedding via tune names
Bump! 
try this one, i played it for my neices wedding, a very appropriate song the irish wedding song http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2430/Iwed.html
…and im supprised no-one mentioned haste to the wedding…the lyrics to the song are most flattering, and the tune is catchy too,
good luck,
david
The Wedding Gift - it’s a waltz. Haste to the Wedding might work too.
There is a lovely tune on Jerry O’Sullivan’s album “The Gift”. The tune is “Wendell’s Wedding” and was written by Tony Cuffe for his niece’s wedding. It is arranged for celtic harp and whistle, but could easily be adapted for guitar and whistle or even for solo whistle. Possibly even for a high/low whistle combo. One of the prettiest pieces I’ve heard, and the rest of the album is great as well.
P.
There’s always “I Won’t Be a Nun”…
It’s in the old original O’Neill’s somewhere; a jig, I think.
Our pipe band played for one of our piper’s wedding last month. He knew they we were going to play Amazing Grace- he did not know it would be followed by Cock of the North!
He, and a few guests who knew what was being played loved it!
The melody ‘Both Sides Now’ will sound lovely
on a low D. Worth playing, anyway.
I start with the first note high D.
Today I’ve been playing Bach’s Minuet in G
on the flute. Goes well on the low D, too.
Divine music.
An Phis Fhliuch is great for the recessional that I have used in all the weddings I play. It was proudly printed in the program for one nice lady named (appropriately I thought for that tune) Molly. 
Haste to the Wedding
The Bride’s Favorite
Tripping up the Stair
My Darling Asleep
Maury’s Wedding
A nice crooked walttz with lots of high Bs if you are feeling confident:
Give Me Your Hand