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Donegal farmer and father-of-the-bride Joe McKean went the extra mile to get his daughter to the church in style.
In honour of the big day, he enlisted the help of his friends Vincent McGrath and Tony Rodgers to restore a 70-year-old David Brown D30. They also built a carriage to transport the bride to the church.
The whole operation was kept a secret from his daughter Elaine until the big day.
“I told them to leave the transport to me when we were planning the wedding,” McKean told the Irish Farmers Journal. “She first saw it when she walked through the front door.”
The wedding took place in Ballylennon, Co Donegal, last Saturday and the tractor - which was sandblasted and painted white - got a great reaction.
“The traffic stopped to take photos of it on the way through the town,” said McKean, who was delighted with the success of the restoration.
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