Irish town the focus of Big Fat Gypsy Christmas

A SMALL Irish town is set to play a starring role in a Big Fat Gypsy one-off show which gives a peep into nine jaw-droppingly extravagant Traveller nuptials crammed into one church over 10 days of Christmas.

Irish town the focus of Big Fat Gypsy Christmas

One teenage Limerick bride had to wear nappies on her hips to carry her 15-stone dress, while another revealed how a cartoon inspired her bell-shaped meringue dress, which used a mile of material.

The population of Rathkeale in Co Limerick is normally 1,500 but it swells to nearly treble that every December.

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