0:00:02 > 0:00:05In rural Ireland, country music has never been so popular.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11A host of new country stars have tempted a generation
0:00:11 > 0:00:14to turn their back on the nightclub, don their Stetsons
0:00:14 > 0:00:18and jive the night away, from Ballymena to Ballydehob.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20This week, we're guests at
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Ireland's most anticipated country music wedding.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Yeeha!
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Dervla from family band Crystal Swing...
0:00:28 > 0:00:31They're so country and western, I love them.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34..is marrying her childhood sweetheart, farmer Tim.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38I wouldn't be as passionate as the Crystal Swing people are about music.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Guests, including the glitterati of the country scene, have travelled
0:00:42 > 0:00:44from all over Ireland for the big event.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47I'm delighted to be here tonight for Dervla and Tim's wedding.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51But will Dervla's mum Mary try to upstage her on the big day?
0:00:51 > 0:00:53I hope I'm going to turn some heads
0:00:53 > 0:00:55when I'm walking up that aisle as well.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- And will there even be a big day? - If I'm looking like this,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- I will not be going up the aisle. The wedding's off.- Yeah!
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Welcome to the unexpected world of Irish country music.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- My name is Mary.- I'm Derek.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- And I'm Dervla.- And collectively,
0:01:22 > 0:01:24we are known as Crystal Swing.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29BOTH: # He drinks tequila, she talks dirty in Spanish... #
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Family band Crystal Swing from County Cork hit the big time in 2010
0:01:34 > 0:01:38when their song He Drinks Tequila went viral on social media.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42# They dance all night to the mariachi... #
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Such was the success of the song, Dervla, brother Derek and mum Mary
0:01:46 > 0:01:50appeared on television shows on both sides of the Atlantic,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52playing to millions of viewers.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57# They dance all night to the mariachi
0:01:57 > 0:02:01# Till there ain't nobody left standing... #
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Today, the Burke family are still touring,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06sometimes five nights a week.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Tonight they're headlining the Ballygar Festival in County Galway,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13but all thoughts are on the upcoming wedding.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16How did it go with the fake tan?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- Uh... Not good.- Not good?
0:02:18 > 0:02:23- I got an allergic reaction all over my body.- You're joking me.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I did. So I don't know, I've to sort that out.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30The last thing now I want to be is a white ghost on the day.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31But I'll do your tan for you.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33No.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35THEY LAUGH
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Kids.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Mothers!
0:02:40 > 0:02:44# When the music is playing, the neighbours are sleeping... #
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Guided by mother Mary, Derek and Dervla's brother-and-sister act
0:02:48 > 0:02:51is at the heart of the band's musical success.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55But does Tim realise that he's marrying Derek as well as you?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58- Because you come as a package deal, don't you?- I come as a package deal,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02yeah, I definitely do. Myself and Derek are like that.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05'I think, you know, it'll be an emotional day for Derek,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08'seeing his sister walk up the aisle, but...'
0:03:08 > 0:03:11# He drinks tequila, she talks dirty in Spanish... #
0:03:11 > 0:03:15As well as their quirky songs, the band have become well-known
0:03:15 > 0:03:17for Derek's double-jointed dancing.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20# Hey! #
0:03:21 > 0:03:25'Dervla got the voice and I got the legs in the family.'
0:03:25 > 0:03:28I'm just naturally, I suppose, able to twist my legs any way.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I'm double-jointed and I can do whatever I want with them.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Crystal Swing are at the heart of the country music revival
0:03:39 > 0:03:41that's sweeping Ireland, North and South.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46# Lost my job, came home mad, got a hug and a kiss... #
0:03:46 > 0:03:50When you see, particularly up the North of Ireland,
0:03:50 > 0:03:54it's all young people, teenagers, people in their 20s, 30s,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57right up to their 80s, you know, they all love it
0:03:57 > 0:04:00and people can actually dance properly to it.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03When you compare it to going to a club that you can't do nothing more
0:04:03 > 0:04:06than just pump your fist, you know, it's just stupid.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Myself and Dervla would have such a laugh in clubs
0:04:08 > 0:04:10cos, you know, either the hand is doing this or...
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- That's all you can do.- Or it's just doing that, you know what I mean?
0:04:13 > 0:04:16There's nothing more you can really do, do you know,
0:04:16 > 0:04:17and you see a fella, maybe a girl
0:04:17 > 0:04:20and he's here and he's really trying his best, you know,
0:04:20 > 0:04:23and myself and Dervla would have such a laugh off it,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25compared to what we see up the North
0:04:25 > 0:04:27when people can really, really dance, you know.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33# Way up in the North in old Tyrone
0:04:33 > 0:04:36# There's a pretty little girl I call my own
0:04:36 > 0:04:40# She's the sweetest rose that Ireland's ever grown... #
0:04:40 > 0:04:42With the wedding only a matter of weeks away,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46mother Mary is determined not to be outdone in the glamour stakes.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50# Pretty little girl from Omagh in the County of Tyrone. #
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Take it away!
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Mam has got very vain since she turned 50.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59She's gone so vain on herself, she loves herself so much.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- I wouldn't say that.- Yes, you do!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05She spends about five hours in front of the mirror every day.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Maybe put on five different outfits
0:05:08 > 0:05:10before she knows what she's going to wear.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- You are the most vain person in the world.- You're just jealous.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16She's just vain.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Well, you see, I've assured her husband that
0:05:20 > 0:05:25this is what she's going to look like when she's 50...plus.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- So he's quite excited about that. - Yeah?
0:05:28 > 0:05:33# Take a look at these hard-working hands
0:05:33 > 0:05:36# They've been there and back again
0:05:38 > 0:05:39# And they will go... #
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Keep them well fed, keep them in good condition over the summer.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46A world away from the bright lights of Ireland's dance halls,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49groom-to-be Tim runs his own livestock farm.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52He understands what he's marrying into.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56On the TV screens and on the YouTube videos they might come across as
0:05:56 > 0:06:00a bit mad, and they can be a bit mad at times, all right,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02but they're just like a regular family that
0:06:02 > 0:06:04they just get on very well, like,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07and it's probably strange, people might think it's strange,
0:06:07 > 0:06:11a normal Joe Soap like myself marrying into a famous family
0:06:11 > 0:06:14like that, but I think it seems to work, anyway.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Although Dervla has tried to convince him,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Tim wouldn't be a country music fan.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25For him, hurling and farming take centre stage.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28I'm a real, real country boy,
0:06:28 > 0:06:32that's kind of ironically ended up with a country singer,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36but I wouldn't be as passionate as the Crystal Swing people are about music.
0:06:36 > 0:06:41I think when we started going out first, she tried to convert me
0:06:41 > 0:06:43to listening to some of it
0:06:43 > 0:06:47but I think she's given up at this stage now because...
0:06:47 > 0:06:51just wasn't working or it wasn't registering in the brain.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54# Crazy... #
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Determined to make her big day one to remember,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Dervla has employed the services of wedding planner Fiona Forkin.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05She's charged with creating a unique country and western theme,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08and Dervla is determined to get what she wants.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- 'Hello?'- Hiya, Dervla, it's Fiona.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Do you know the wagon wheels that you suggested?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I'm kind of having a hard time getting hold of them
0:07:15 > 0:07:19because wagons aren't really that popular in Ireland any more.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Seems we have proper tractors now,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25so I'm just wondering if you had maybe any other ideas there
0:07:25 > 0:07:29that we might able to replace them with if I can't get them.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32'Again, I don't want to be awkward, Fiona, but I love the wagon wheels
0:07:32 > 0:07:36'and if you could source those and all, I would love that,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38'so do your very best if you can.'
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- All right, bye.- 'Bye, bye-bye.'
0:07:41 > 0:07:43She laid down the law there
0:07:43 > 0:07:47and she is very stuck and set on getting the cartwheels.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I can totally understand that this is her big day
0:07:51 > 0:07:53and I will do my total utmost best
0:07:53 > 0:07:57to get her everything that she wants for her dream day.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59# Worry
0:08:00 > 0:08:05# Why do I let myself worry? #
0:08:05 > 0:08:07For a wedding planner based in Dublin,
0:08:07 > 0:08:12having to think country and western style is a totally new frontier.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15When Dervla rang to ask me to be her wedding planner
0:08:15 > 0:08:19and we went through what she actually wanted, I kind of thought,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22well, this is a bit different, and it's a bit mad and
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I've never done anything like that before, and this is not just
0:08:25 > 0:08:28a country and western themed wedding for Mary down the road.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31This is Dervla from Crystal Swing,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34so I have to make sure the hotel is ready for the guests arriving,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38and that the tractors can park outside the front of the hotel.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Cos that's going to be great fun(!)
0:08:43 > 0:08:47The trimmings and favours aren't the only things country and western
0:08:47 > 0:08:49about Dervla's big day.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Announce the wedding!
0:08:51 > 0:08:52BELLS JANGLE
0:08:52 > 0:08:56They've invited Father Pat Butler to say the wedding mass,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59who's no stranger to the country music scene himself.
0:09:00 > 0:09:07# Heaven knows you're a rose
0:09:07 > 0:09:13# That it's something only me and heaven knows. #
0:09:13 > 0:09:15That's all you're getting now.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23It's not really singing that Father Butler is well known for.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Oh, God, I know lots of people in the wee North.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Because of the country music, actually, yeah.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34His nifty footwork has graced dance floors throughout Ireland,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38earning him the nickname of the Jiving Priest.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43Oh, many people would remember me in my priestly life for many years
0:09:43 > 0:09:47for being a pretty OK jiver on the floor,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49yeah, they would, they would.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51This is it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53As a country music aficionado,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Father Pat is the perfect priest for Dervla and Tim's wedding.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02Country music, you see, the content of the songs can hit the soul,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05so I like the ones that make me bounce.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07They're the kind of songs I like.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18# I was born in the state of Louisiana... #
0:10:18 > 0:10:20In Cork, preparations are well under way
0:10:20 > 0:10:23for the country music wedding of the year.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28# Voice of my mamma, singing country songs... #
0:10:28 > 0:10:33When Derek's not on stage, he's busy indulging his other passion -
0:10:33 > 0:10:38tractors, or more specifically, his 1970 Ford 4000.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40# A little bit of rock
0:10:41 > 0:10:43# A little bit of roll... #
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Look, I love tractors and I love music,
0:10:46 > 0:10:48and I couldn't be doing a better thing in the sense
0:10:48 > 0:10:49that I have a bit of both.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I could be singing three or four nights a week
0:10:52 > 0:10:53and I'd be doing this the other.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57I suppose I'm just a pure country lad at heart anyway,
0:10:57 > 0:10:58do you know, that kind of way?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01# Music, that's for me, it's kick-ass country... #
0:11:01 > 0:11:05With the western theme starting to take shape, Derek is making sure
0:11:05 > 0:11:07the country element is taken care of.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11He's planning to escort his sister to the church with
0:11:11 > 0:11:13a cavalcade of a dozen tractors.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Oh, sure, getting there, with a few problems.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The diesel tank fell off Val Cotter's tractor,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20so that's one small problem all right.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23One of the tractors is after breaking down, so
0:11:23 > 0:11:25we're in a bit of trouble already.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30I always say I love Fords, I love a blue tractor, but of course
0:11:30 > 0:11:32it's the green tractor's after breaking down.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35The blue ones never do. And I wouldn't mind - this tractor
0:11:35 > 0:11:38that's after breaking down isn't an old tractor, it's a new tractor,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41it's '08, and this girl here is 1970 and it keeps going forever.
0:11:41 > 0:11:47# It's hard to imagine a baby so tiny and small... #
0:11:47 > 0:11:51In Rochestown, Dervla and mum Mary are putting the finishing touches
0:11:51 > 0:11:53to the wedding dress.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Oh, wow! Oh, my God. I absolutely love it.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I love it, I'm so excited.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00It's just as I remembered it and I can't wait to try it on.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I just can't wait to wear it on the big day now.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07And, to top it off, mum Mary has decided to surprise Dervla
0:12:07 > 0:12:11with the ultimate accessory for any country and western bride.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Oh, wow!
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Turn around until I have a look at you.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20The dress is absolutely beautiful,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24but it's not the dress, it's the girl in the dress.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27But of course you get your good looks from your mammy, don't you?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- Yeah, well, you'd like to think so anyway.- You cheeky little divil!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33What's inside the box?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I have brought you a pair of...
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- cowboy boots!- Oh, my God!
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- Aren't they cute? - They're really nice. I'm not sure
0:12:41 > 0:12:44they'll suit me, though, but I'm willing to give them a go.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- They're different. - How do they fit?- They fit.- They fit?
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Oh, they are cool. They are fabulous.- They're so perfect.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56They suit the whole bridal look and they're so country.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I love them, I love them.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01All you need is a horse on the day now.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Well, I don't think I'll be getting up on a horse anyway!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06With the perfect fitting dress,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09the right veil and now the appropriate footwear,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Dervla's wedding is shaping up to be a country music fairytale.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15You look like a princess.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17A princess, yeah. I feel like a princess.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21I feel like a country and western princess, if there's such a thing!
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- If there is such a thing as one, I feel...- Well, there is one now.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26There is one now, yeah.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32It's not every day a wedding planner from Dublin is asked to
0:13:32 > 0:13:36provide wagon wheels and hay bales for a bride's big day.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40So Fiona has taken to the back roads of Ireland
0:13:40 > 0:13:42in search of raw materials.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- These, these are absolutely brilliant.- Oh, they are perfect.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50So they're totally antique and vintage and everything.
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Slightly larger ones.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53These would do the job for you.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Having discovered what she's looking for,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Fiona is finding country inspiration in all corners of the yard.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Absolutely perfect, sure, they're vintage as well.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- They're like little old tractor seats.- Yeah.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05What do you think of that one?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- That's fantastic. - Yeah?- Yeah, brilliant.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09That will fit in perfectly.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12After getting the cartwheels, not only just two cartwheels,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15they got me eight or nine cartwheels, so absolutely amazing,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18all different sizes, so they're going to work everywhere
0:14:18 > 0:14:20where I need them to work,
0:14:20 > 0:14:22and to top it all off, to make my day even better,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24they got me red tractor seats,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27which I know are going to go down a treat down in Cork.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Back in Cork, groom Tim and his best men have arrived at the village hall
0:14:41 > 0:14:45for a crash course in the joys of country music dancing.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49He thinks the sight of him line dancing at the reception
0:14:49 > 0:14:52will be the perfect wedding day gift.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Not really known for the dancing
0:14:54 > 0:14:57and I suppose as all Dervla's family are good at the dancing,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01this is my big romantic gesture for Dervla, and I hope she likes it
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- because I don't think we'll be doing it again in a...- Oh, my God, no!
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Billy!
0:15:10 > 0:15:11We're going to put...
0:15:11 > 0:15:15This is cowboys. You're a best man.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Tim has enlisted his future brother-in-law Derek to teach him
0:15:18 > 0:15:22how to hucklebuck, a dance that has regained popularity,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24particularly in the North.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Right, there's three dances to the hucklebuck, right?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28There's my dance, which everybody knows -
0:15:28 > 0:15:30the in, the out, the in, the out, in the legs,
0:15:30 > 0:15:32then you have, of course, the original '60s dance,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35which is all like the twist and the rock and roll of it,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38and then there's the new Northern Ireland dance of it,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40and that's what we're really going to emphasise on today
0:15:40 > 0:15:42is the Northern Ireland dance, OK?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It's probably one of the most popular jiving dances
0:15:45 > 0:15:47and there isn't even such much things, like,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49there isn't much even nightclubs up the North any more
0:15:49 > 0:15:52because everybody on a Saturday night, Sunday night, Monday night,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55even in midweek, it's all the same, everybody goes dancing.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57There is no such thing as nightclubs, really.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Everybody goes and does this. OK, one, two, three, go.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02One, two,
0:16:02 > 0:16:04three, four.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07One, two, three, four.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11But for a man with two left feet, there's safety in numbers.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15He's roped in 40 guests for his surprise hucklebuck flashdance.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18# I'm the boy for a girl like you and you can set me free... #
0:16:18 > 0:16:21There's a few times all right we stood on each other's feet.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25I always knew that him had two left feet but that proves it anyway.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29One, two, three, four...
0:16:29 > 0:16:32After a day of intense training,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36it seems Tim may have cracked the moves, but it hasn't been easy.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Everyone else in perfect lines and we were...
0:16:41 > 0:16:42LAUGHTER
0:16:53 > 0:16:5618 months of planning have gone into the biggest
0:16:56 > 0:16:59country and western themed wedding Ireland has ever seen.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06And it's the morning of the big day.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09# You don't like the sound of the truth... #
0:17:09 > 0:17:12At the hotel in Middleton, Fiona's wagon wheels are in place,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16the logs are on the table and the menus have a certain rustic charm.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20So this is Dervla's bouquet.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- Oh, smells...- The mint. - It smells like I can eat it.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Yeah, but you can eat it, you see!
0:17:26 > 0:17:31Every single flower, stalk, petal is edible.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39City girl Fiona has pulled off Dervla's unique demands,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42right down to the very tractor seats.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46It's shaping up to be the perfect country and western themed wedding.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49# Well, swing me... #
0:17:49 > 0:17:54But perhaps bride-to-be Dervla should have let mum Mary sort her fake tan.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- You should have let mammy do it. - Oh, don't even start.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Will you be able to sort out Dervla's tan?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- We can, of course we can.- Yeah. - We'll fix that up.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I was feeling awful this morning, as you know, I woke up...
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Crying.- I woke up crying like a baby
0:18:09 > 0:18:12but I just want to look perfect today, you know?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14It's my wedding day, but, look, we'll sort it out.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17This morning you said you wouldn't walk up the aisle
0:18:17 > 0:18:18if the tan wasn't right.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Oh, no, I will stand to that. If I'm looking like this,
0:18:21 > 0:18:24I will not be going up the aisle. The wedding's off.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25THEY LAUGH
0:18:25 > 0:18:28And I'm not joking! I am not joking when I say that.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Who's more important, Tim or the tan?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32The tan! The tan!
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Tim is getting his tan the old-fashioned way.
0:18:42 > 0:18:47It's one more feed for the sheep before he throws on his suit.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50So, just tidying up the last few of the jobs.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56This is getting very close now,
0:18:56 > 0:19:03so just doing the last few bits around the farm before I take
0:19:03 > 0:19:04a few days off for the wedding.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12The normally laid-back Tim is getting some last-minute nerves,
0:19:12 > 0:19:14but it's not about saying, "I do."
0:19:14 > 0:19:18I must admit I'm a small bit more nervous about this hucklebuck dance
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Derek is after roping me into.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26In fairness, he did give us a lesson all right up in the hall one day,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30but I'm after forgetting it all already,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32so I'll have to get a crash course just before it, I think.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Come on, you poser.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Frank!
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Good boy.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43# Her eyes were blue, her hair was auburn
0:19:44 > 0:19:49# Her smile was like an angel fair... #
0:19:49 > 0:19:54A convoy of whistle-clean tractors will escort Dervla to the chapel,
0:19:54 > 0:19:58and Derek is sprucing up his 1974 Ford 4000,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01which will lead his sister's cavalcade.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04I was kind of thinking, what would I do for her?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06And I knew she would like something like this because,
0:20:06 > 0:20:07look, everybody, I suppose,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10they do the whole maybe having three or four wedding cars
0:20:10 > 0:20:12sort of thing, but they don't do that, like.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15I'll just get a whole load of tractors to come along on the day
0:20:15 > 0:20:19and most fellas want to be away cutting corn at this time of year
0:20:19 > 0:20:22but no, I get them to go coming to a wedding instead.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Outside the family home, guests are starting to arrive.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32I said I'd be very surprised if there aren't a host of tractors
0:20:32 > 0:20:35going down that road at Lisgoold to the chapel.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Nobody like you. And are these all the drivers?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40They're all drivers now, yes, exactly.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Have you a tractor for me, lads?
0:20:43 > 0:20:45I could do with an oul' Massey Ferguson as well!
0:20:47 > 0:20:49# I picked her up in my pick-up truck
0:20:49 > 0:20:51# And she broke this heart of mine. #
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Inside, mother Mary has a confession to make.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Dervla literally goes ballistic when I say I want to be 21 again,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02so she keeps reminding me that, "You're getting old, Mam!"
0:21:02 > 0:21:08So today, secretly, I want to outshine my beautiful princess
0:21:08 > 0:21:10because I have a wow dress as well
0:21:10 > 0:21:14and I hope I'm going to turn some heads when I'm walking up that aisle
0:21:14 > 0:21:19as well. It's crazy!
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Ladies, hang on to your husbands!
0:21:25 > 0:21:27# One night I took a ride... #
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I'm going to put these over here and then I'm finished.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32# I picked her up in my pick-up truck
0:21:32 > 0:21:35# And she broke this heart of mine
0:21:35 > 0:21:40# Her mamma said no, she's my only daughter... #
0:21:40 > 0:21:43No, it bends, whatever you do.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Oh, they look fab!
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- Yeah. Oh, my God.- I'm ready to have a little dance in these later now,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- so let's do this, let's get hitched. - Let's get...
0:21:52 > 0:21:55# Going to the chapel and we're
0:21:55 > 0:21:58# Gonna get married... #
0:21:58 > 0:22:01OK, OK, OK, OK! Enough of that now.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Right, let's go. - I must be the craziest mam on earth.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09# Because we're going to the chapel
0:22:09 > 0:22:14# And we're going to get married
0:22:14 > 0:22:21# Going to the chapel and we're going to get married
0:22:21 > 0:22:23# Gee, I really love you... #
0:22:23 > 0:22:25With her cowboy boots zipped,
0:22:25 > 0:22:29daughter and mother are ready to wow the assembled guests.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32# Going to the chapel of love. #
0:22:32 > 0:22:34One more time for the sun!
0:22:34 > 0:22:39# Because we're going to the chapel and we're... #
0:22:39 > 0:22:4212 spruced-up tractors escort Dervla to the chapel
0:22:42 > 0:22:45to marry her childhood sweetheart Tim.
0:22:45 > 0:22:51# Going to the chapel and we're going to get married
0:22:51 > 0:22:58# Gee, I really love you and we're going to get married
0:22:58 > 0:23:02# Going to the chapel... #
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Ireland's finest jiving priest, Father Butler,
0:23:04 > 0:23:08is keen to book the first jive with the new bride.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Dervla, stunning.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Can I swing with you later?
0:23:14 > 0:23:16OK, thank you!
0:23:16 > 0:23:19"I, Tim, take you, Dervla, as my wife."
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I, Tim, take you, Dervla, as my wife.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24"For better, for worse."
0:23:24 > 0:23:25For better, for worse.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27"For richer, for poorer."
0:23:27 > 0:23:28For richer, for poorer.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31- "In sickness and in health." - In sickness and in health.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- "Till death do us part." - Till death do us part.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Father Pat has some relationship advice for the new couple.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Dervla, how are you going to make your man happy?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53LAUGHTER
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Love him, feed him, sleep with him,
0:23:56 > 0:24:02leave him in peace, give him a bit of space, and honour him.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Tim...
0:24:03 > 0:24:05LAUGHTER
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Be a friend to her, be a companion,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14be a lover, be a father,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17be a master chef, be an electrician,
0:24:17 > 0:24:20be a carpenter, a plumber,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23a mechanic, a decorator, a stylist...
0:24:29 > 0:24:34# All I can do, all I can say
0:24:34 > 0:24:39# You know, I've got to make you understand... #
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Yee-ha!- Yee-ha!
0:24:43 > 0:24:44Whoo!
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Have you got any legs there, Tim?
0:24:49 > 0:24:50No, I have bad knees.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54This particular group of people will live on the dance floor.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57It's going to be a great night of country music.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58HORNS BEEP
0:24:58 > 0:25:01# Longed for the day you take my hand
0:25:01 > 0:25:07# I asked again last night, your love so divine... #
0:25:07 > 0:25:10As the bride and groom arrive at the reception,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14it's the moment of truth for wedding planner Fiona.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- WEARILY:- Yee-ha!
0:25:16 > 0:25:17SHE LAUGHS
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Oh, my God!
0:25:23 > 0:25:26And the bar staff, they're so cool!
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- I apologise.- Yes!
0:25:28 > 0:25:30LAUGHTER
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Oh, my God. It's fab. I don't even know what to say.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- No, no crying.- No!
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Once I saw her walking down the aisle and she looked
0:25:42 > 0:25:45absolutely stunning, I couldn't be happier, then sure,
0:25:45 > 0:25:50I was more than happy then to do the vows and do everything like that,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52so it was all worth it in the end.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Do you know what, now, we're looking forward to the band starting,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59getting this veil off, getting out on that floor and just having a dance and enjoying ourselves.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Now, I want to hear you singing this bit for Dervla, everybody,
0:26:02 > 0:26:03come on, let's sing with me.
0:26:03 > 0:26:09# Cos she's a good-hearted woman in love with her good-timin' man... #
0:26:09 > 0:26:13County Antrim's finest, Johnny Brady, is one of Irish country's biggest stars,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17and tonight he's the man responsible for getting people up to jive.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20# But she don't understand... #
0:26:20 > 0:26:23I'm delighted to be here tonight for Dervla and Tim's wedding.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26It's a country themed wedding, we're a country band, you know,
0:26:26 > 0:26:28I know that she's a huge country fan, like myself,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30and probably a lot of the guests that are here tonight,
0:26:30 > 0:26:34so I think it's a great idea, and as I say, it's kind of an original.
0:26:34 > 0:26:41# Cos she's a good-hearted woman in love with her good-timin' man. #
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Do you know the words of this one?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45'I've played a lot of weddings and never had to do so much country
0:26:45 > 0:26:48'at weddings cos people want to come out, they want to dance,
0:26:48 > 0:26:49'there's jiving lessons,'
0:26:49 > 0:26:53the list goes on and on but country is alive and well
0:26:53 > 0:26:55and it's great to be part of it all, you know.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57# He parties all over
0:26:57 > 0:27:00# She welcomes him back home... #
0:27:00 > 0:27:02That's one, two, three...
0:27:02 > 0:27:05While Johnny Brady entertains the guests, Tim is getting
0:27:05 > 0:27:08some last-minute line dance tips from Derek.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Two, right leg. Three, four, and a one and a two!
0:27:12 > 0:27:14That's it, boys. Hey!
0:27:18 > 0:27:20All right! Here we go!
0:27:20 > 0:27:24As the wedding celebrations ramp up, it's time for Tim's surprise,
0:27:24 > 0:27:28a specially rehearsed hucklebuck flashdance.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30# Hey! #
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Dervla seems to be impressed with her new husband's country moves.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41# Do the hucklebuck Do the hucklebuck... #
0:27:41 > 0:27:45The husband with two left feet certainly didn't have two left feet.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48He's been brilliant. He's been pulling me out on the dance floor
0:27:48 > 0:27:49dancing all night.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52# You got to know when to hold them
0:27:52 > 0:27:55# Know when to fold them
0:27:55 > 0:27:59# Know when to walk away, know when to run... #
0:27:59 > 0:28:00People have been very complimentary,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03everybody said they loved my gown tonight
0:28:03 > 0:28:07but everybody said that Dervla was the star of the day.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11She was stunning, you know, so I let her win today. Had to!
0:28:11 > 0:28:14# Know when to fold them... #
0:28:14 > 0:28:18But the star of the dance floor is the jiving priest, Father Pat.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Even though my shoes are made for walking, they're finished tonight.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25The dancing has really...
0:28:25 > 0:28:28I'm almost a nervous wreck but a great day, a super, super day.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Country music is good for your soul.
0:28:33 > 0:28:41# Keep giving all the love you can
0:28:41 > 0:28:52# Stand by your man. #
0:28:52 > 0:28:54CHEERING AND APPLAUSE