Ballincollig Cork princesses set for crowning glory in record books

An Irish town is set to be crowned with a special world record after 771 princesses paraded along its main street on St Patrick’s Day.

The organisers of the event in Ballincollig, Co Cork, are now hoping that the Disney corporation may send congratulations after their Frozen-inspired gathering beat the previous world record held by a leisure park in England.

Disney sent its congratulations to Basildon’s Festival Leisure Park in Essex last May when it amassed the then world’s largest gathering of 351 princesses, which was timed to coincide with the release of Disney’s movie, Maleficent.