Northern Ireland's first same-sex wedding has taken place after the government lifted a ban on gay marriage in the province.
The women exchanged their vows in Carrickfergus, County Antrim on their sixth anniversary as a couple.
The couple had been planning a civil partnership - legal across the UK since 2005 - but decided to get married instead after the landmark change came into law on Monday. Northern Ireland's prohibition on same-sex marriage was eliminated by the central government after a vote by British lawmakers when the province did not have a sitting government.
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